NASA said that their Blue Marble 2012 was “the most amazing image of Earth ever.” Now they have released the other half, answering to popular demand.
https://gizmodo.com/the-most-amazing-high-definition-image-of-earth-ever-5879142
This look at the East hemisphere “is a composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. Both of these new ‘Blue Marble’ images are images taken by a new instrument flying aboard Suomi NPP, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite.”
I wish it didn’t have that banding, though. The Western side looks a lot better, as does the original Blue Marble. [NASA Goddard Flickr]
https://gizmodo.com/the-most-accurate-highest-resolution-earth-view-to-dat-5478787
