Amazing high definition image of earth by nancy atkinson universe today a blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched.
The blue marble 2012.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
Yesterday nasa released a new high definition image of earth titled blue marble 2012.
Both of these new blue marble images are images taken by a new instrument flying aboard suomi npp the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs.
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A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
The new image is a composite of six separate orbits taken on jan.
This composite image uses a number of swaths of the earth s surface taken on january 4 2012.
A blue marble image of the earth taken from the viirs instrument aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp.
Blue marble 2012 it was taken by the visible infrared imager radiometer suite viirs aboard nasa s most recently launched earth observing satellite suomi npp named in honor of the late verner e.
This latest portrait of earth from nasa s suomi npp satellite puts the icy arctic in the center showing the ice and clouds that cover our planet s.
The image which is actually a composite of multiple images was taken by the viirs instrument aboard the suomi npp earth observing satellite which according to nasa was created to observe many facets of our changing earth.
Nasa s most amazing high def image of earth so far.
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On february 2 2012 nasa released a companion to this new blue marble showing a composite image of the eastern hemisphere from data obtained on january 23 2012.
The npp satellite was renamed suomi npp on january 24 2012 to honor the late verner e.
The picture is composed of data obtained by the visible infrared imager radiometer suite viirs instrument on board the suomi npp satellite on january 4 2012.
Suomi of the university of wisconsin.