Blue Marble Project

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Blue marble project.

Project management transformation analyst fieldcore a division of ge for our organization blue marble s impact has been immediate and tremendous. Using data from the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer modis aboard nasa s terra satellite scientists and data visualizers stitched together a full year s worth of monthly observations of the land surface coastal oceans sea ice and clouds into. Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. It s a low tech slow motion global art project and a clear reminder that everything we do on this water planet matters.

Fewer people know that nasa also studies earth. Evans command module pilot. View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a. Since the seventies earth observation satellites have recorded data of our atmosphere the oceans and the land surface to improve our understanding of the earth as a system.

Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon. Blue marble review accepts submissions year round from writers ages 13 22. It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. This was the first time the apollo trajectory.

Now blue mind has set out to pass a blue marble through every yes every person s hand on earth with a simple message of gratitude along with it. Blue marble was highly capable responsive flexible with our needs for support and was able to work within our timeline and budget for completion doug d orsi pmp. 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. The next generation blue marble everyone knows that nasa studies space.

A vision of the human future in space in honor of carl sagan s pale blue dot we at homeland solar proudly take part in the blue marble project. All rights reserved blue marble 2015 blue marble 2015. And scientist astronaut harrison h. Next generation offers a year s worth of.

The original blue marble was a composite of four months of modis observations with a spatial resolution level of detail of 1 square kilometer per pixel. Nasa s blue marble project presents freely available photorealistic maps of our planet earth. Send us your flash stories or something longer upper limit 1500 words. This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.

The blue marble project.