NASA's "Know Your Earth" Billboard

  • Released Monday, November 7, 2011
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This image was generated for the NASA "Know Your Earth" campaign and has been used on a billboard in Chicago as well as display monitors within Chicago's O'Hare airport. The data used is from NASA's Next Generation Blue Marble.

Print resolution beauty shot of the Earth featuring North and South America. The west African coast can be seen to the right.

Print resolution beauty shot of the Earth featuring North and South America. The west African coast can be seen to the right.

Print resolution "Know Your Earth" poster image. (Final poster image courtesy of Holli Riebeek.)

Print resolution "Know Your Earth" poster image. (Final poster image courtesy of Holli Riebeek.)

"Know Your Earth" billboard on display in Chicago, IL. on W. Chicago Ave. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

"Know Your Earth" billboard on display in Chicago, IL. on W. Chicago Ave. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

"Know Your Earth" billboard on W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL. from across the street. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

"Know Your Earth" billboard on W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL. from across the street. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

"Know Your Earth" poster on display in Chicago O'hare International Airport terminal. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

"Know Your Earth" poster on display in Chicago O'hare International Airport terminal. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

"Know Your Earth" poster on display in Chicago O'hare International Airport terminal from afar. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

"Know Your Earth" poster on display in Chicago O'hare International Airport terminal from afar. (Photo courtesy of Clear Channel Outdoor-Chicago Division.)

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Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

This page was originally published on Monday, November 7, 2011.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:53 PM EDT.

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Papers used in this visualization

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/bmng.pdf

Datasets used in this visualization

  • Blue Marble Cloud Cover [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]

    ID: 509
    Sensor: MODIS

    Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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  • Blue Marble Land Cover [Terra and Aqua: MODIS]

    ID: 510
    Sensor: MODIS

    Credit: The Blue Marble data is courtesy of Reto Stockli (NASA/GSFC).

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