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A world of colour.
One place at a time.

Forests, deserts, and the changing whites of the far north. Discover our planet through the colours of NASA’s Blue Marble imagery.

Sahara, sampled.#C69F6FAnnual mean · 2004
Explore this location
EARTH, IN COLOURNASA Blue Marble · 2004 imagery

A NEW WAY TO SEE A FAMILIAR WORLD

Every place has
a palette.

Pick a point. Follow a latitude. Watch a landscape change through twelve months. Average Earth turns satellite imagery into colours you can explore, compare, and take with you.

The story behind the colours
12
months to explore
243
countries & territories
50
US state palettes

THE REGIONAL COLLECTION

Somewhere you know.
Something you haven’t seen.

A country. A state. A whole new palette.
Discover the colours that make a place its own.

SAME PLACE. TWELVE PERSPECTIVES.

A year, written
in colour.

From winter whites to summer greens. Follow Sweden through twelve monthly images and see how much a palette can change.

Explore Sweden’s colours
SWEDENMONTHLY LAND AVERAGES · 2004

One landscape, from January to December.
Colours derived from the 2004 display imagery.

FOLLOW YOUR CURIOSITY

Where will you look first?

The whole world is yours to explore

FIELD NOTES

A little context
changes the view.

An atlas of processed satellite images from 2004. A different way of looking, with a little science behind it.