File:Blue Marble 2012 - 'White Marble' Arctic View (7394700302).jpg
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Fifteen orbits of the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite provided the VIIRS instrument enough time (and longitude) to gather the pixels for this synthesized view of Earth showing the Arctic, Europe, and Asia. About Suomi NPP - Over the last decade NASA launched a series of satellites that offer an unparalleled view of Earth from space. That series, known collectively as NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS), has provided striking new insights into many aspects of Earth, including its clouds, oceans, vegetation, ice, and atmosphere. However, as the EOS satellites age, a new generation of Earth-observing satellites are poised to take over. The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership represents a critical first step in building this next-generation satellite system. Suomi NPP orbits the Earth about 14 times each day and observes nearly the entire surface. The NPP satellite continues key data records that are critical for climate change science. Read more here: <a href="http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/" rel="nofollow">npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/</a> |
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| Source | Blue Marble 2012 - 'White Marble' Arctic View |
| Author | NASA/GSFC/Suomi NPP |
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