+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds   + Podcasts   + Opportunities Previous Animation Next Animation Rotating Cloudy Galileo Transitions to Blue Marble View The MODIS instruments on the Terra and Aqua satellites take multi-spectral images of the Earth daily. This realistic, cloudy Earth is a composite of MODIS imagery from March 3, 2009. This animation reveals a transition from the MODIS view of Earth to the Blue Marble image, to allow a look at the planet without clouds. The Blue Marble Next Generation (BMNG) data set provides a monthly global cloud-free true-color picture of the Earth's landcover at a 500-meter spatial resolution. This data set, shown on a globe, is derived from monthly data collected in 2004. The ocean color is derived from applying a depth shading to the bathymetry data. The Antarctica coverage shown is the Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica.    This animation depicts a rotating globe with a cloudy, realistic MODIS data set that transitions to the Blue Marble data set. Duration: 13.0 seconds Available formats:   1280x720 (30 fps) MPEG-4   10 MB   1280x720 (60 fps) MPEG-4   9 MB   640x360 (30 fps) MPEG-4   2 MB   1280x720 (30 fps) Frames   1280x720 (60 fps) Frames   3840x2160 TIFF         6 MB   320x180     PNG           115 KB   160x80       PNG           30 KB   80x40         PNG           8 KB How to play our movies    An image of the MODIS view of Earth. Available formats:   3840 x 2160     TIFF 6 MB   320 x 180         PNG     115 KB    An image of the Blue Marble Earth. Available formats:   3840 x 2160     TIFF 4 MB   320 x 180         PNG     103 KB Animation Number: 3640 Completed: 2009-09-30 Animators: Adam Martin (UMBC) (Lead)   Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) Narrator: Troy Cline (Raytheon/GSFC) Producer: Maria Frostic (UMBC) Scientists: Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)   Michael Behrenfeld (Oregon State University) Writer: Maria Frostic (UMBC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble   Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Band Combination 1, 4, 3 (3/2/2009)   Sea Surface Temperature-Net Primary Productivity Correlation (1999-2004) Series: Earth Science Week Phytoplankton   Earth Science Week Keywords: SVS >> Cloud Cover SVS >> HDTV SVS >> Phytoplankton SVS >> Phytoplankton Blooms GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Microbiota Taxonomy >> Phytoplankton GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Biosphere >> Plant Taxonomy >> Phytoplankton     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: