visibleearth.nasa.gov — Using a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of our planet. This record links to full resolution versions up to 21,600 pixels across.
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Closed AccountMay 5, 2006
Nice, but where are the stars?And I wish there was a picture of Europe too.
jdonnerMay 5, 2006
What's so stunning about looking at this messed up colony called the USA?
m00nmasterMay 5, 2006
You call it beautiful...I call it home.
b00leMay 5, 2006
You have to write and ask for the ftp address. They're big files, and the jpegs expand to images of over 1G. The images have been there for years - the principal data source is a mosaic of imagery from the MODIS sensor. It's not a fake, it's a composite.
chosenone_May 5, 2006
The world isn't just the Western hemisphere... grr :)
boredzoMay 5, 2006
There should be a BitTorrent of it. It wouldn't even have to be official; NASA images are works of the US Federal government, and are therefore in the public domain.
42kamiMay 5, 2006
Bad. The oceans are too Photoshoppy blue. Terrible.
ender52May 5, 2006
First of all, its "All your base are belong to us" and secondly, if they can get here, they most likely have the technology to take their own pictures.
csrsterMay 11, 2006
Negative diggs for a Hitchiker's quote? Shame ...