Blue Marble: Next Generation
Base Map with Topography and Bathymetry
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.
This version of the maps includes shading for topography and bathymetry.
January
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
| A1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | B1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | C1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | D1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) |
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| A2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | B2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | C2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | D2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) |
February
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
| A1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | B1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | C1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | D1 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) |
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| A2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | B2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | C2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) | D2 (JPEG | GeoTIFF) |
March
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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April
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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May
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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June
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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July
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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August
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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September
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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October
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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November
Global
Full Resolution (500m), tiled
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