Evans command module pilot.
Blue marble space.
And scientist astronaut harrison h.
Blue marble space institute of science 1001 4th ave suite 3201 seattle washington 98154 phone.
This translunar coast photograph extends from the mediterranean sea area to the antarctica south polar ice cap.
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.
This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date.
I was happy with it but had no idea how widespread it would become.
Schmitt lunar module pilot traveling toward the moon.
They do it at a small fraction of the price of currently available space hardware.
That ball became the famous blue marble.
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.
Bmsis is an initiative of blue marble space a 501 c 3 public charity.
Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.
Night lights 2012 the black marble.
We never thought it would become an icon.
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 communications was founded in january 2017 with our focus on developing ultra high bandwidth communications equipment suitable for use in the up and coming global coverage satellite constellations.
My part was integrating the surface clouds and oceans to match people s expectations of how earth looks from space.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
View of the earth as seen by the apollo 17 crew astronaut eugene a.
I certainly never thought that i would become mr.
Next generation offers a year s worth of.
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.
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.
In short blue marble communications s advanced.