Blue Marble
The classic cloud-free Earth — NASA's Blue Marble Next Generation, folded back into a sphere.
About this globe
NASA's Blue Marble Next Generation — a cloud-free portrait of Earth assembled from months of MODIS satellite passes, so every region is shown in clear weather at once.
This is Earth as the astronauts describe it: mostly ocean, wrapped in green and tan continents.
Download free — pick your paper size
Print at 100% scale. Cut along solid lines, fold along dashed lines, glue the tabs. Your PDF can take up to a minute to prepare — hang tight after clicking.
In the US? Print the A4 file and choose “fit to page” — it scales cleanly onto Letter paper.
Sharing this globe?
Free for personal use, classrooms, and gifts — not for resale. If you post it on your site or share it online, please credit Folding Globes with a link. Copy-paste blurb:
"Blue Marble" folding paper globe — free from Folding Globes, https://foldingglobes.com/globes/blue-marble · Imagery: NASA Earth Observatory Blue Marble
Make it yours
Every paid shape also lets you pin your own places on the map.