Blue Marble: July [1680x1050]

Blue Marble: July [1680x1050]

Image by DUCKofD3ATH
Tip: Get all 12 months and run them as a slideshow...too cool. Watch the snow and ice move down from the north pole and then recede.

Blue Marble: Next Generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. The original Blue Marble was a composite of four months of MODIS observations with a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 1 square kilometer per pixel. Blue Marble: Next Generation offers a years worth of monthly composites at a spatial resolution of 500 meters. These monthly images reveal seasonal changes to the land surface: the green-up and dying-back of vegetation in temperate regions such as North America and Europe, dry and wet seasons in the tropics, and advancing and retreating Northern Hemisphere snow cover. From a computer processing standpoint, the major improvement is the development of a new technique for allowing the computer to automatically recognize and remove cloud-contaminated or otherwise bad dataa process that was previously done manually.

Source: visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=7106

Blue Marble: September [1680x1050]

Image by DUCKofD3ATH
Tip: Get all 12 months and run them as a slideshow...too cool. Watch the snow and ice move down from the north pole and then recede.

Blue Marble: Next Generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. The original Blue Marble was a composite of four months of MODIS observations with a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 1 square kilometer per pixel. Blue Marble: Next Generation offers a years worth of monthly composites at a spatial resolution of 500 meters. These monthly images reveal seasonal changes to the land surface: the green-up and dying-back of vegetation in temperate regions such as North America and Europe, dry and wet seasons in the tropics, and advancing and retreating Northern Hemisphere snow cover. From a computer processing standpoint, the major improvement is the development of a new technique for allowing the computer to automatically recognize and remove cloud-contaminated or otherwise bad dataa process that was previously done manually.

Source: visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=7108

Sunsetopolis

Image by MightyBoyBrian
Sorry for the break, Heidi and I just got home from spending the past 5 days on the coast of Lake Michigan. We were with my family and then we were with my friends. It was great. We saw a lot of sunsets and I've got a lot of wallpapers for your computer (if that's why you're here) so keep checkin' back!

Blue Marble: January [1680x1050]

Image by DUCKofD3ATH
Tip: Get all 12 months and run them as a slideshow...too cool. Watch the snow and ice move down from the north pole and then recede.

Blue Marble: Next Generation offers greater spatial detail of the surface and spans a longer data collection period than the original. The original Blue Marble was a composite of four months of MODIS observations with a spatial resolution (level of detail) of 1 square kilometer per pixel. Blue Marble: Next Generation offers a years worth of monthly composites at a spatial resolution of 500 meters. These monthly images reveal seasonal changes to the land surface: the green-up and dying-back of vegetation in temperate regions such as North America and Europe, dry and wet seasons in the tropics, and advancing and retreating Northern Hemisphere snow cover. From a computer processing standpoint, the major improvement is the development of a new technique for allowing the computer to automatically recognize and remove cloud-contaminated or otherwise bad dataa process that was previously done manually.

Source: visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=7100

Day Three Hundred Fifty Nine | 30s

Image by ASurroca
It appears that I'm already used to the colder weather. Tonight, it was in the 30s (with a "feels like" temp of 28°) and I was just fine in the same hoodie I always wear. I love this weather. Colder than the 20s is too cold, but 30s are fantastic.

Evenings have been nice since the cold started. Sitting on the couch and drinking piping hot chocolate while watching stuff on Netflix is a fantastic way to spend the evening.

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