28 March 2012
A New NASA Blue Marble from Suomi NPP
Posted by Dan Satterfield
A true color image of the 3rd rock from the sun. The image is from the new environmental NPP Suomi satellite.
The VIIRS ( Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite) sensor on NPP has made a new NASA Blue Marble image. The pic was made in January and shows just how colorful our planet is. The other views are below and I apologize in advance for being North America-centric. Want to see the Earth in full resolution go here, but you had better have a FAST connection. More of the images are available from the NPP Suomi site.
Teachers: Download the full size and get a poster printed; It would look great on the classroom wall. I’m doing the same for my spare bedroom. My wife doesn’t know it yet though 😉
Dan Satterfield has worked as an on air meteorologist for 32 years in Oklahoma, Florida and Alabama. Forecasting weather is Dan's job, but all of Earth Science is his passion. This journal is where Dan writes about things he has too little time for on air. Dan blogs about peer-reviewed Earth science for Junior High level audiences and up.