Previous Animation Next Animation 2004 Global Vegetation from Blue Marble Next Generation The Blue Marble Next Generation data set provides a monthly global cloud-free true-color picture of the Earth's land cover at a 500-meter spatial resolution. This visualization of the data set shows seasonal variations such as snowfall, spring greening and droughts in a seamless fashion, thereby heightening awareness of changes in the Earth's climate. The image here shows a global view of the data. This data set is derived from imagery taken in 2004 by the MODIS instrument on the Terra satellite.    This still image shows a global view of landcover in June 2004. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   320 x 240         PNG       52 KB   160 x 80           PNG       20 KB   80 x 40             PNG         5 KB Animation Number: 3273 Completed: 2005-10-07 Animator: Cindy Starr (GST) (Lead) Scientists: Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC)   David Herring (NASA/GSFC) Platforms/Sensors/Data Sets: Terra/MODIS   Terra and Aqua/MODIS/Blue Marble: Next Generation Data Collected: 1/1/2004 - 12/31/2004 Series: Blue Marble Next Generation Keywords: GCMD >> EARTH SCIENCE >> Land Surface >> Land Use/Land Cover >> Land Cover     Please give credit for this item to: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top

+ Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines

NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: