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Google Earth is a web and computer program that renders a 3D globe with satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data. Users can explore the Earth, add their own data, and view various features and tools, such as Voyager, Street View, and flight simulator.
The Blue Marble is a famous photograph of Earth taken by Apollo 17 astronauts in 1972. It shows the entire planet with the South Pole facing up and the Sun above, and became a symbol of environmentalism and human fragility.
This web page lists some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services that have such issues due to censorship, blurring, or low resolution. It does not show a blurred satellite image of the earth, but it mentions some countries and regions that are partially or completely obscured.
Learn about the history, applications, and data characteristics of satellite imagery, images of Earth collected by imaging satellites. Explore the different types of resolution, spectrum, and sources of satellite imagery, such as Landsat, Sentinel, and Google Earth.
Learn about the history of photography and other imagery of planet Earth from outer space, starting from the 1940s. See the dates, crafts, missions, and events of each milestone image, from the first color image to the Earthrise and Blue Marble.
The following is a timeline for Google Street View, a technology implemented in Google Maps and Google Earth that provides ground-level interactive panoramas of cities. The service was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and initially covered only five cities: San Francisco, Las Vegas, Denver, Miami, and New York City.
A comprehensive list of Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the Earth. The list covers both public domain and private domain satellites, with name, status, agency, launch date, and description.
Landsat 7 is a USGS satellite launched in 1999 to provide up-to-date and cloud-free images of the Earth. It has a failed Scan Line Corrector that affects 22% of the data, and its orbit will be decommissioned in 2021 after Landsat 9 launch.