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.
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.
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.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
To learn more about the development of nasa s imagery of the earth as a whole read the history of the blue marble.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
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.
It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
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.
This image was taken by the crew of the final apollo mission as they made their way to the moon.
Evans command module pilot.