Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth - Blue Marble 2012
This is a ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite) instrument aboard NASA’s Earth-observing satellite Suomi NPP. It’s a composite image using a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. Suomi NPP is carrying five instruments on board. The biggest and most important instrument is the VIIRS.
To read more about NASA’s Suomi NPP go to: npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html
Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring
