Earth ID: 30002

NPP Blue Marble

Released on July 17, 2012

A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed 'Suomi NPP' on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin.

Suomi NPP is NASA's next Earth-observing research satellite. It is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth.

Suomi NPP is carrying five instruments on board. The biggest and most important instrument is The Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite or VIIRS.

Cropped version of the Suomi NPP Blue Marble Image showing the Pacific Ocean and the lower right limb of the Earth.

Cropped version of the Suomi NPP Blue Marble Image showing the Pacific Ocean and the lower left limb of the Earth.

Cropped version of the Suomi NPP Blue Marble Image showing much of the Southwestern United States and Mexico, including a very good view of the Baja Peninsula.

Cropped version of the Suomi NPP Blue Marble Image showing the Southeastern United States and the Gulf of Mexico.

For More Information

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2159.html

Credits

Norman Kuring (NASA/GSFC): Visualizer
Eric Sokolowsky (Global Science and Technology, Inc.): Project Support

Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

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Mission:
Suomi NPP

Keywords:
SVS >> True Color
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> NPP
NASA Science >> Earth