Rotating Blue Marble

  • Released Thursday, October 8th, 2009
  • Updated Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023 at 1:54PM
  • ID: 3639
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 360 degree rotation of a globe with the Blue Marble data set.

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Datasets used in this visualization

Terra and Aqua True Color (A.K.A. Band Combination 1, 4, 3) (Collected with the MODIS sensor)
NASA 3/2/2009
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Aqua Blue Marble (Collected with the MODIS sensor)

Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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Terra and Aqua Blue Marble Cloud Cover (Collected with the MODIS sensor)

Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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Sea Surface Temperature-Net Primary Productivity Correlation

Behrenfeld at. al., Nature 444, 752-755 (7 December 2006)

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