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June 21, 2012

Blue Marble – Arctic View

by wordlesstech team

Blue Marble - Arctic View

This is a synthesized view of Earth showing the Arctic, Europe and Asia, produced by the VIIRS instrument on recently launched Suomi NPP satellite, after fifteen orbits.   Image credit: NASA/GSFC

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.

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