Looking at our World from Space
A beautiful blue marble in space. This image shows our planet as it is seen in space. A combination of data sets from different satellites make it possible for us to view Earth from the safety of our own living rooms.
Our planet Earth, a beautiful place to live.
A beautiful blue marble in space.
This image shows our planet as it is seen in space.
A combination of datasets from different satellites make its possible for us to view the Earth from the safety of our own living rooms.
Video slate image reads "Looking down at our the Earth from Space (With Clouds)".
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animator
- Stuart A. Snodgrass (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
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Scientists
- Dorothy Hall (NASA/GSFC)
- Gene Feldman (NASA/GSFC)
- Darrel Williams (NASA/GSFC)
- Claire Parkinson (NASA/GSFC)
- Chris Justice (University of Maryland)
Release date
This page was originally published on Tuesday, August 20, 2002.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:57 PM EDT.
Missions
This visualization is related to the following missions:Series
This visualization can be found in the following series:Datasets used in this visualization
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[Terra: MODIS]
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Blue Marble Cloud Cover [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]
ID: 509Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).
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