Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Blue-Marble-Image-of-Earth-27MZIF2VUCPS.htmlConceptually similarTwin Cyclones Indian OceanGP0STOUT5Completed★★★★Hurricane Patricia Infrared ImageGP0STPDUDCompleted★★★★Twin Cyclones Indian OceanGP0STOUT4Completed★★★★A Tropical FirstGP0STPDCBCompleted★★★★Hurricane MatthewGP0STQ6YMCompleted★★★★Night View of Hurricane SandyGP04B1PCompleted★★★★Total Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017GP0STR03WCompleted★★★★Satellite View of the Rim Fire in CaliforniaGP04RK5Completed★★★★★★Total Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017GP0STR03YCompleted★★★★View AllGP03H83Blue Marble Image of EarthA '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. Image source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/in/photostreamDate:4 Jan, 2012Credit:© NASA / NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman KuringMaximum size:8000px X 8000pxRestrictions:This file is licensed by NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 International license. Available for Publication and Distribution but not for Sales / Licensing. NASA image use policy: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.htmlKeywords:Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)-Climate (campaign title)-Clouds-Earth (planet)-High angle view-Hurricanes-KWCI (GPI)-Landforms-NASA-Oceans (topography)-Storms (weather)Shoot:NASA Earth Images 2012A '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.The shoot includes an image of tropical storm Isaac and a NASA composite satellite image of the new record Arctic Sea Ice minimum created from imaging done on Sept. 16, 2012, with a comparison line showing the average minimum over the past 30 years.Also included satellite images from 28th an 29th October 2012 provided by NASA of Hurricane Sandy, pictured off the US east coast as it moves north.
