A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite

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A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP taken January 4, 2012. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth's surface assembled into one complete composite of the Earth. 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.

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Size: 8000px × 8000px
Photo credit: © NASA Photo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: america, blue, composite, earth, marble, nasa, north, observation, ocean, planet, research, satellite, solar, space, square, suomi, surface, system, terra, viirs