Herbal Earth
by KEN KREMER on JUNE 22, 2013
Earths Vegetation from Suomi NPP satellite. World map of vegetation data collected by the Suomi NPP satellite (National Polar-orbiting Partnership) in a partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Credit: NASA/NOAA
Herbal Earth: thats the title of a spectacular collection of vivid new views of the Earths vegetation captured over the past year by the Suomi NPP satellite.
NPP is short for National Polar-orbiting Partnership an Earth science satellite partnership between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Although its rather reminiscent of the manmade World at Night its actually the Natural World of Living Green Life.
The Suomi NPP satellite data were collected with the Visible-Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument from April 2012 to April 2013 and used to generate this gallery of images and animations released by NASA and NOAA on June 19.
Read more: http://www.universetoday.com/103072/herbal-earth-spectacular-vegetation-views-of-our-home-planet-and-the-natural-world-of-living-green-life/