NASA Releases High Definition Image Of Earth (PHOTO)

[Shankapotomus]

I don't know about you but Earth is looking a little parched to me.

[Major Nikon]

1. I can see my house

[baldguy]

5. I can see your house, too.

When did you get that pool?

[Major Nikon]

6. From all the rain we've had over the last few days

[RC]

2. Linky?

[salvorhardin]

3. The full size image is astounding

Blue Marble

A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed 'Suomi NPP' on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin.

Suomi NPP is NASA's next Earth-observing research satellite. It is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth.

Suomi NPP is carrying five instruments on board. The biggest and most important instrument is The Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite or VIIRS.

Image Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2159.html

Full size image can be found at the link.

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. lovely. going to make it my background for a while