Creating Earth

This video page works best with Flash

This page works best if you have the current version of Adobe's Flash Player installed. Click on the image to the left to install the player.

To Watch Video Without Flash:

Click to view, or right-click and save: Scifri video: Creating Earth .

This video page works best with Flash

This page works best if you have the current version of Adobe's Flash Player installed. Click on the image to the left to install the player.

To Watch Video Without Flash:

Click to view, or right-click and save: Scifri video: Creating Earth .

There's artistry to creating the world, according to Rob Simmon, art director of NASA Earth Observatory. NASA's collection of Earth-from-space imagery dates back to the Apollo 8 mission, when astronauts snapped a picture of Earth rising over the moon. Simmon and NASA scientist Gene Feldman explain how the modern "Blue Marble" images are made and how they relate to scientific study of the Earth. images courtesy of NASA Viewed 17538 times.

Learn more: Blue Marble: The Making Of

Send us your videos!

Subscribe to our Video Podcast

Elsewhere on Sciencefriday.com

Explore More

• No related categories found

Most Viewed Videos

• Where's The Octopus? (Aug 5, 2011)
• Physics Of The Riderless Bike (Apr 15, 2011)
• Boost Your Bike (Aug 12, 2011)
• Water Balloons in Space (Nov 14, 2008)
• Candy Corn In Space (Apr 22, 2011)

Feeds

More info about our feeds