It’s Earth like you’ve never seen it before. NASA on Thursday released what it dubbed the “most amazing high definition” picture of the planet ever taken. The composite photo — titled “Blue Marble” — was recorded Jan. 4 using the VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP, NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite.  

It’s Earth like you’ve never seen it before.

NASA on Thursday released what it dubbed the “most amazing high definition” picture of the planet ever taken.

The composite photo — titled “Blue Marble” — was recorded Jan. 4 using the VIIRS instrument on the Suomi NPP, NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite.


 
Costa Concordia - One week later Photos by Carlo Borlenghi taken from Giglio Island, one week after the accident.

Costa Concordia - One week later

Photos by Carlo Borlenghi taken from Giglio Island, one week after the accident.

Cold Water Survival – The 1-10-1 Rule

I attended a presentation at a meeting called Cold Water Boot Camp, which works in cooperation with many life saving organizations, including the US Coast Guard.   I saw a good friend and fellow member of Team Coast Guard – Mario Vittone, USCG Marine Safety Specialist and former Helicopter Rescue Swimmer Instructor – featured in the video.  This is what we learned from Mario Vittone.  Fall in cold water?  Take 1 minute to stop the panic – you’ve 10 minutes of physical ability to save yourself – and 1 hour of consciousness left.  Here’s why.

Photo of The Week: Recovering Spilled Oil from Icy Waters The exercise is being conducted by the USCG in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, oil spill response organizations and Enbridge Energy Partners, among several others, and is being held out of St. Ignace, Michigan, from Monday through Wednesday.

Photo of The Week: Recovering Spilled Oil from Icy Waters

The exercise is being conducted by the USCG in cooperation with the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, oil spill response organizations and Enbridge Energy Partners, among several others, and is being held out of St. Ignace, Michigan, from Monday through Wednesday.

2012 RNLI Photograph of the Year.

2012 RNLI Photograph of the Year.

sfmariner: US and Royal Navies vs. 13 Somali pirates in a clapped-out dhow. It doesn’t get any more asymmetrical than that, but the video is still pretty intense.

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US and Royal Navies vs. 13 Somali pirates in a clapped-out dhow. It doesn’t get any more asymmetrical than that, but the video is still pretty intense.

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A day in the life of a lock keeper.

Have you ever fancied becoming a lock keeper? Lima Curtis takes to the canal to find out what it involves, as British Waterways launches a drive to recruit volunteers.

Photo shows aid workers Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagan Thisted, who were rescued by American forces from criminals in Somalia.

Photo shows aid workers Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagan Thisted, who were rescued by American forces from criminals in Somalia.



How do you pull a 900 foot ship off the rocks?

Ever since the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground off Giglio, her gleaming white hull lying precariously sideways on the rocky seabed has sparked the question, can she can be saved?  While it’s unlikely this vessel will ever be placed back in service by Carnival, we do expect it to be removed from the rocks.

Via our friends at gCaptain.

sfmariner: Nice work, Laura Dekker. Now what?

sfmariner:

Nice work, Laura Dekker. Now what?

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