Blue Marble Science

Next generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original.

Blue marble science.

It is a comprehensive work that sheds light in to a well of health problems grounded in a bitter reality of inequity infectious diseases and ncds. 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. Promote the blue marble as a symbol of international unity in space exploration. Advance and preserve international awareness of our planet its resources and its people.

Bluemarblescience debunking ideas like flat earth even if that means stepping on a few globe denier toes. Bmsis is an initiative of blue marble space a 501 c 3 public charity. Next generation offers a year s worth of. 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.

Improve human condition on earth. Whether they re unearthing real fossils growing crystals conducting experiments or making gooey slime you re instilling a love of science that will last a lifetime. Facilitate the synergy of technology with the environment. When you give a blue marble stem toy you re providing a child access to a fascinating world of science exploration and discovery.

Increase international awareness education and collaboration in space exploration. Blue marble space institute of science 1001 4th ave suite 3201 seattle washington 98154 phone. This spectacular blue marble image is the most detailed true color image of the entire earth to date. Nasa is responsible for this dataset made from a compilation of satellite images throughout 2001.

It mainly shows the earth from the mediterranean sea to antarctica. Most of the information came from nasa s modis the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer which is attached to the terra satellite 435 miles above earth. This was the first time the apollo trajectory. 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.