Blue Marble 2012 Planet Earth
by Nikki Marie Smith
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Blue Marble 2012 Planet Earth
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Nikki Marie Smith
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Photograph - Photography
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Quote: "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.
To read more about NASA's Suomi NPP go to: www.nasa.gov/npp "
Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring (Public domain image)
Note: As this NASA/NOAA photo is a perfect companion piece to my own little planets in my Wee Planets gallery, I am including it here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!
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June 8th, 2012
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