Unique perspective of Earth from orbit
Some like to call it the Blue Marble, but few have looked quite like this. NASA scientists have compiled Arctic and high-latitude data using natural-colour images from the Suomi-NPP satellite's Visible/Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).
A composite image of Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the entire Arctic was put together based on 15 satellite passes. Since the spacecraft circles the Earth at an altitude of 824 kilometres (512 miles), it takes multiple passes to see the entire hemisphere.
For a change, Scotland is not pouring down. A braw day it looks doon there.
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