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Blue Marble Time! 1.6

10.9 MB / 5+ Downloads / Rating 4.3 - 19 reviews


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Blue Marble Time!, developed and published by Boq, has released its latest version, 1.6, on 2016-01-05. This app falls under the Education category on the Google Play Store and has achieved over 500 installs. It currently holds an overall rating of 4.3, based on 19 reviews.

Blue Marble Time! APK available on this page is compatible with all Android devices that meet the required specifications (Android 4.0+). It can also be installed on PC and Mac using an Android emulator such as Bluestacks, LDPlayer, and others.

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App Details

Package name: sieclebleu.bluemarble

Updated: 9 years ago

Developer Name: Boq

Category: Education

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Installation Instructions

This article outlines two straightforward methods for installing Blue Marble Time! on PC Windows and Mac.

Using BlueStacks

  1. Download the APK/XAPK file from this page.
  2. Install BlueStacks by visiting http://bluestacks.com.
  3. Open the APK/XAPK file by double-clicking it. This action will launch BlueStacks and begin the application's installation. If the APK file does not automatically open with BlueStacks, right-click on it and select 'Open with...', then navigate to BlueStacks. Alternatively, you can drag-and-drop the APK file onto the BlueStacks home screen.
  4. Wait a few seconds for the installation to complete. Once done, the installed app will appear on the BlueStacks home screen. Click its icon to start using the application.

Using LDPlayer

  1. Download and install LDPlayer from https://www.ldplayer.net.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file directly into LDPlayer.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.

App Rating

4.3
Total 19 reviews

Reviews

3 ★, on 2015-12-14
It's a shame the wallpaper isn't vertically centered. Please add a "View continent" option to focus on a certain continent instead of the jerky swiping method.

Previous Versions

Blue Marble Time! 1.6
2016-01-05 / 10.9 MB / Android 4.0+

About this app

***NEWS: see the March 9th 2016 eclipse**

This app displays recent and **real** images of the Earth, on its fully lit side.
Also includes a *Live Wallpaper*, which shows the latest image of the earth close to this time of day.

Instructions:
Swipe horizontally to switch to the previous or next image in time.
Swipe vertically for a full-day jump.

The images are courtesy of NASA and are of public domain. They were taken from the EPIC camera on board the DSCOVR space program. It was launched from Cap Canaveral in Florida on February 2015, and inserted during July 2015 in orbit on the so-called "L1 Lagrange Point", or just " L1". This special location in outer space is about 1 million miles (around 1.5 million km) from Earth, and has this wonderful particularity of being at a fixed point on the line between Earth and the Sun.

This is how the EPIC camera is able to take continuous pictures of the fully lit side of the Earth, or in other words, the Earth as it is seen from the Sun !!

EPIC provides a dozen of images per day, which are shared with Mankind as public domain via their website:
http://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov.
This app connects to this same website and pulls images using its API, directly into your favorite device!

Depending on NASA's delivery, the images may be 1 or 2 days old, but the default selected shot is chosen to be close to the present time-of-day.

Regardless of the technical details, the main goal of this app is to use real imagery to provide to everyone the enchantment known as "Overview Effect". A new level of consciousness of the beauty, perfection and preciousness of our only world. It was first experienced by the Apollo 17 astronauts more than 40 years ago when they sent to Houston the first ever full picture of the Earth while on their way to the Moon. This picture is also known as " The Blue Marble".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Marble#/media/File:The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg

New features

Version 1.6:
- Fixed wallpaper power usage
- Share images via other apps
- Click on timeline to jump to time
- Simplified preference options
- Option to set default image to 12:00(pm) in your timezone, so to best see your own location at the center of the Earth image
- Jump full day by swiping vertically
- Timeline of available pictures
- Calendar selection
- Zoom

App Permissions

Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to write to external storage.