This animated globe shows the city lights of the world as they appeared to the new suomi npp satellite which has at least 10 times better light resolving power than previous night viewing satellites.
Blue marble picture nasa.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
Published december 6 2012.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
In sharing these blue marble images nasa hopes the public will join with the agency in its continuing exploration of our world from the unique perspective of space.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
Evans command module pilot.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
The blue marble is an image of earth taken on december 7 1972 from a distance of about 29 000 kilometers 18 000 miles from the planet s surface.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.