Nasa Blue Marble Wallpaper

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.

Nasa blue marble wallpaper.

A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp. Evans command module pilot. 1440 x 900. The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.

A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp in this amazing space wallpaper. Wm 544791 is the search number for these image. Earth space planet blue marble nasa wallpapers hd desktop and mobile backgrounds backgrounds with 3840x2160 resolution for personal use available. Next generation was produced by reto stöckli nasa earth observatory nasa goddard space flight center.

Day and night is accurately represented depending on the sun s overhead position which depends on the time of day and the day of the year. Published december 6 2012. See the blue marble next generation a true color earth dataset including seasonal dynamics from modis 880 kb pdf for acknowledgments. Right click on the image control click on a mac and select the option set the background or set as wallpaper or similar.

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. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. Desktop earth is a wallpaper generator. Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.

This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap. And scientist astronaut harrison h. The imagery is based on nasa s blue marble next and earth s city lights. Night lights 2012 the black marble.

It was taken by the crew of the apollo 17 spacecraft on its way to the moon and is one of the most reproduced images in history. Using a collection of satellite based observations scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface oceans sea ice and clouds into a seamless true color mosaic of every square kilometer 386 square mile of our planet. Click on the screen resolution you would like to use. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.

It creates desktop backgrounds that are accurate representations of the earth.