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expose-the-light: The White Marble Credit: NASA/GSFC/Suomi NPP In 1972, the crew of Apollo 17 took possibly the most famous picture of the Earth from space, which was dubbed “The Blue Marble.” Since then, NASA has released many gorgeous images of our planet stitched together from satellite views. Usually, however, these Blue Marble images focus on the western or eastern hemisphere. Not so this image, hereby dubbed “The White Marble.” Using images from the Suomi NPP satellite, NASA put together this image of Earth from the top down. The icy Arctic appears amidst swirls of clouds, with Europe, Asia and northern Africa visible toward Earth’s midsection.

expose-the-light:

The White Marble

Credit: NASA/GSFC/Suomi NPP

In 1972, the crew of Apollo 17 took possibly the most famous picture of the Earth from space, which was dubbed “The Blue Marble.” Since then, NASA has released many gorgeous images of our planet stitched together from satellite views. Usually, however, these Blue Marble images focus on the western or eastern hemisphere.

Not so this image, hereby dubbed “The White Marble.” Using images from the Suomi NPP satellite, NASA put together this image of Earth from the top down. The icy Arctic appears amidst swirls of clouds, with Europe, Asia and northern Africa visible toward Earth’s midsection.

#Science #Space #Earth #Photography

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