Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Blue Marble 2012

  • The Blue Marble image of Earth snapped by the crew of Apollo 17 in 1972 is one of the most famous photos ever taken. When it appeared, we all suddenly saw the world in a much different way.
  • (NPR News)
  • GREENBELT, Maryland - NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center has released spectacular new images of Earth in its Blue Marble series. The series name comes from astronaut photos of Earth taken from space in 1972.
  • (Everything Alabama Blog)
  • A new high-definition version of the 'Blue Marble' has been taken from the newest Earth observation satellite.
  • (Universe Today)
  • The image, which centers on North and Central America, has been nicknamed "Blue Marble 2012″ after the famous "Blue Marble" image (below) taken during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
  • (Wired News)
  • Gardiner, Maine - January 12, 2012 - Blue Marble Geographics (www.bluemarblegeo.com) will be exhibiting at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver, CO from January 23 rd through January 25 th, 2012.
  • (geo community)
  • This Is Your Marble Click here to get a bigger view of this amazing image.
  • (Eureka! Science News)
  • The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) in Paris — the grand arbiters of time on our big blue marble — has declared that a leap second will be introduced on 30 June, 2012.
  • (Wired News)
  • Blue Marble Media wins The International MarCom Competition.
  • (Online PR News)
  • One night, my mother threw out our old blue bathmat.
  • (New York Times)

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