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.
What is nasa s black marble.
Black marble takes flight simulations dawn dusk and night aviation to levels of realism never before realized this product includes volumetric night lighting that looks real.
Black marble uses imagery from nasa s suomi satellite.
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.
Nearly every location on earth is observed at 1 30 pm and 1 30 am giving a dual perspective on the area.
Scientists unveiled today an unprecedented new look at our planet at night.
Vnp46 delivers daily global data to characterize human earth system interactions.
This was the first time the apollo trajectory.
The main instrument is the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs which detects light photons reflected from earth s surface and atmosphere at 22 different wavelengths.
A global composite image constructed using cloud free night images from a new nasa and national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa satellite shows the glow of natural and human built phenomena across the planet in greater detail than ever before.
Black holes may solve some of the mysteries of the universe.
Nasa s black marble product suite vnp46 is being produced at 500 m resolution.
This results in larger noise reduction levels compared to top of atmosphere data.
A black hole is a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light cannot get out.
Nasa s black marble nighttime lights product suite vnp46 is available at 500 m resolution since january 2012 with data from the visible infrared imaging radiometer suite viirs day night band.
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Kudos to chris and the team great job.
Nighttime lights are corrected for atmospheric brdf and seasonal effects.
Nasa s 2012 night time blue marble update black marble.
Combine that with real world road data and you have a product that s destined to become a best seller.
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It is the one human accomplishment that can be seen from far away.