Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Title:
Explanatory Image of the First Explorer VI Picture of Earth
Full Description:
The lined areas at the left represent a cloud-cover map, prepared from meteorology charts, which have been superimposed on a glove to show how the lighted area which the Explorer VI television scanner saw on August 14, 1959.
Date:
08/14/1959
NASA Center:
Headquarters
Subject Category:
Planet-Earth
Subject Category:
Earth Science
Keywords:
Satellite
Keywords:
Explorer
Keywords:
VI
Keywords:
Earth
Audience:
General Public
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Explorer
facet_when:
August 14, 1959
facet_when:
08-14-1959
facet_when_year:
1959
Image #:
59-EX-18-VI
orignial url:
http://grin.hq.nasa…
UID:
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2002-00 0201
Center:
HQ
Center Number:
59-EX-18-VI
GRIN DataBase Number:
GPN-2002-000201
Creator-Photographer:
NASA
Original Source:
DIGITAL
Image ID:
125179
Resolution Size:
5
Format:
JP2
Media Type:
Image
File Name:
GPN-2002-000201.jp2
Width:
2300
Height:
3003

Explanatory Image of the First Explorer VI Picture of Earth

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