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NASA Releases New High-Definition Image of Earth

Posted by timothy on from the texas-centric-view dept.

New submitter klchoward writes "Working for NOAA, I have been really pleased to see the weather data from the new Suomi NPP satellite coming into our computer models already but have been blown away by its capability to take stunning high-definition images of our planet. See the article at Huffington Post or go straight to the image at NASA's website." Reader derekmead has some images from further afield, too: these beautiful images of Mars come from NASA's High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera, mounted on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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  1. Copyright Infringement! by mdsharpe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait a minute, I've seen a photo a bit like that before. Quick, call the lawyers!

  2. Re:What a miserable looking mud ball by ewg · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you don't like it, go someplace else.

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  3. Link to original size pic. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/618486main_earth_full.jpg

  4. Looks like it is photoshopped. by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 5, Funny

    Looks like they have done some serious photoshopping. I could not see any of the lines showing the state borders. May be they erased it for security reasons. Also I did not see the pink tear drop like thingie with A, B etc written on it. Simply put, it does not look anything like the satellite images I have seen in maps.google.com.

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  5. Admit it... by kryliss · · Score: 5, Funny

    How many of you had the urge to zoom in with your mouse wheel?

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