NASA Releases Stunning High Resolution Blue Marble Image of Earth

Posted on January 25, 2012

NASA has released a 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard Suomi NPP, NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite. The composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012.

You can see an amazing huge 8000x8000 pixel version of the Blue Marble image here on Flickr. Click on the link "original" on the top right of the page to see the giant image.

You can also find information about the Blue Marble image on NASA.

Photo: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

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