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.
Blue marble night lights.
Night lights 2012 the black marble published december 6 2012 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.
Out of the blue and into the black the night is nowhere near as dark as most of us think.
This dataset shows the earth with daytime and nighttime views of the earth to demonstrate how only half of the earth is illumintated at one time.
Black marble uses imagery from nasa s suomi satellite.
Space night light blue marble glowing earth led night light my lights so delightful they re in both bathrooms and right here by my computer.
It twinkles with lights from humans and nature.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
The blue marble is an incredibly detailed true color depiction of the earth and is shown on the daylight side of the earth in this dataset.
In fact the earth is never really dark.
I like to surf around night light designs lights because there are over 1 000 different screen pictures.
The black marble data provide resolution up to 500m giving a global perspective at night.
Night lights imagery by noaa s earth observation group privacy policy.
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.
Therefore nasa introduced black marble in 2012 which complements its blue marble release of data that has become very popular with scientists and the public.