Steve Paxton
02-03-2012, 10:42 PM
"Last week, NASA released its 2012 version of the famous “Blue Marble” image. By using a planet-pointing satellite, Suomi NPP, the space agency created an extremely high-resolution photograph of our watery world. The photo centered on the western hemisphere, highlighting North and Central America. It went viral and got even more hits on Flickr than the iconic “Situation Room” photo, taken at the time of the assassination of Osama bin Laden. Now, responding to public demand, the agency has created a companion image: this time focusing its lens toward the East and showing Africa, Saudi Arabia and India."
Read More... (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/eastern-earth-space-photograph/)
Check out the high resolution photograph here (11500 x 11500) - version 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6806922559/sizes/o/in/set-72157627439487497/)
Check out the high resolution photograph here (8000 x 8000) - version 2 (http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/618486main_earth_full.jpg)
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Read More... (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/eastern-earth-space-photograph/)
Check out the high resolution photograph here (11500 x 11500) - version 1 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6806922559/sizes/o/in/set-72157627439487497/)
Check out the high resolution photograph here (8000 x 8000) - version 2 (http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/618486main_earth_full.jpg)
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