NASA created these two images to exhibit high-resolution global composites of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov">(MODIS)</a> data. The land surface data were acquired from June through September of 2001. The clouds were acquired on two separate days--July 29, 2001, for the northern hemisphere and November 16, 2001 for the southern hemisphere. The images were rendered in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eitechnologygroup.com/">Electric Image</a> and composited in Adobe Photoshop in late January, 2002.
<p>For more information and access to high resolution texture maps, visit: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/BlueMarble/">The Blue Marble</a>
</p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/Images/globe_west_2048.jpg">Western Hemisphere</a> (2048 by 2048 JPEG)
<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/Images/globe_east_2048.jpg">Eastern Hemisphere</a> (2048 by 2048 JPEG)
Originally uploaded to english wikipedia 14 March 2004 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Seth_Ilys" class="extiw" title="en:User:Seth Ilys">Seth Ilys</a>.
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High resolution version made by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Apoc2400" title="User:Apoc2400">User:Apoc2400</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/Images/globe_west_2048.tif">globe_west_2048.tif</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/Images/globe_east_2048.tif">globe_east_2048.tif</a>.
<ul><li>Reto Stöckli (land surface, shallow water, clouds)</li>
<li>Robert Simmon (enhancements: ocean color, compositing, 3D globes, animation)</li>
<li>Data and technical support: MODIS Land Group; MODIS Science Data Support Team; MODIS Atmosphere Group; MODIS Ocean Group</li>
<li>Additional data: USGS EROS Data Center (topography); USGS Terrestrial Remote Sensing Flagstaff Field Center (Antarctica); Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (city lights).</li></ul>
2002-02-08
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