East Asia. Satellite image of the Earth centred on China. Arctic sea ice is white, oceans are blue and land is green and brown. Also seen are the Paci

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East Asia. Satellite image of the Earth centred on China. Arctic sea ice is white, oceans are blue and land is green and brown. Also seen are the Pacific Ocean (right), Australia (lower right) western Asia (left) and Eastern Europe (upper left). This image was produced by combining data from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) and NOAA's POES and Nimbus 7 satellites.

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Photo credit: © PLANETARY VISIONS LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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