Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth

PraveenKumar Purushothaman

PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Oct 26, 2024
Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth​
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“A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. “

NASA has uploaded the full 64 Megapixel version to Flickr. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/sizes/l/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">All sizes | Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth - Blue Marble 2012 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a> From there you can click over to see the 8000×8000 image on Flickr.

Photo and quote from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Flickr</a>.

Source: <a href="https://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/01/25/most-amazing-high-definition-image-of-earth/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">‘Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth’ | Flickr Blog</a>
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  • I_am_Kunal :)

    I_am_Kunal :)

    @i-am-kunal-lBstgK • Feb 1, 2012

    Any idea how large the image of Google Earth is ?? The one which covers entire earth(down to maximum zoom level). 😀 . I mean yeah that is superimposition of many images but still , it's size in terms of megapixels must be amazing.
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    @praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Feb 1, 2012

    I_am_Kunal :)
    Any idea how large the image of Google Earth is ?? The one which covers entire earth(down to maximum zoom level). 😀 . I mean yeah that is superimposition of many images but still , it's size in terms of megapixels must be amazing.
    It is a composition of many millions of small images. As a whole, it would be a million miles long...
    To be exact, it is 510,072,000 km[sup]2[/sup]. 😉
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Ramani Aswath

    @ramani-VR4O43 • Feb 1, 2012

    Praveen-Kumar
    Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth​
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    [​IMG]​
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    “A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. “

    NASA has uploaded the full 64 Megapixel version to Flickr. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/sizes/l/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">All sizes | Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth - Blue Marble 2012 | Flickr - Photo Sharing!</a> From there you can click over to see the 8000×8000 image on Flickr.

    Photo and quote from <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Flickr</a>.

    Source: <a href="https://blog.flickr.net/en/2012/01/25/most-amazing-high-definition-image-of-earth/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">‘Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth’ | Flickr Blog</a>
    Amazing view. You can really see the Raman effect as the thin blue band of atmosphere. That is all the extent of the so called deep blue sky.
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    @praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Feb 1, 2012

    bioramani
    Amazing view. You can really see the Raman effect as the thin blue band of atmosphere. That is all the extent of the so called deep blue sky.
    You mean to say the blue clouds? Yeah... 😀 Awesome one!!! 😁
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Ramani Aswath

    @ramani-VR4O43 • Feb 1, 2012

    Praveen-Kumar
    You mean to say the blue clouds? Yeah... 😀 Awesome one!!! 😁
    NO, not the clouds. If you look at the edge of the earth the thin blue band (about 2 mm thick in the above image) is the actual atmosphere surrounding the earth. I went to your link to see the full image. It is clearer in that.
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  • born_star16

    born_star16

    @born-star16-U2z3az • Feb 1, 2012

    bioramani
    NO, not the clouds. If you look at the edge of the earth the thin blue band (about 2 mm thick in the above image) is the actual atmosphere surrounding the earth. I went to your link to see the full image. It is clearer in that.
    Ya, looks beautiful.
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  • CE Designer

    CE Designer

    @ce-designer-BWq0yl • Feb 2, 2012

    Simply Gorgeous! 👍
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    @praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Feb 2, 2012

    bioramani
    NO, not the clouds. If you look at the edge of the earth the thin blue band (about 2 mm thick in the above image) is the actual atmosphere surrounding the earth. I went to your link to see the full image. It is clearer in that.
    Oh okay... Sure... 😀
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  • Kaustubh Katdare

    Kaustubh Katdare

    @thebigk • Feb 3, 2012

    bioramani
    Amazing view. You can really see the Raman effect as the thin blue band of atmosphere. That is all the extent of the so called deep blue sky.
    Wow, I never cared to read about the Raman effect. Could you explain it very briefly, with the context of the image?
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  • silverscorpion

    silverscorpion

    @silverscorpion-iJKtdQ • Feb 3, 2012

    bioramani
    Amazing view. You can really see the Raman effect as the thin blue band of atmosphere. That is all the extent of the so called deep blue sky.
    By any chance, did you mean <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rayleigh Scattering</a>?
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Ramani Aswath

    @ramani-VR4O43 • Feb 3, 2012

    silverscorpion
    By any chance, did you mean <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh_scattering" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Rayleigh Scattering</a>?
    It is Sir C.VRaman that gave the ecorrect explanation for why the sky is blue.
    <a href="https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/raman.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">dear l, many t hanks for your letter</a>
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    @praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Feb 3, 2012

    bioramani
    It is Sir C.VRaman that gave the ecorrect explanation for why the sky is blue.
    <a href="https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/raman.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">dear l, many t hanks for your letter</a>
    That was an awesome read sir! 😀
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  • Ramani Aswath

    Ramani Aswath

    @ramani-VR4O43 • Feb 3, 2012

    Praveen-Kumar
    That was an awesome read sir! 😀
    I had met Raman a few times. I very much wanted to do physics and work with him. It was not to be. However, I did get to work under Prof Ramaseshan, Raman's student and nephew, for many years. So in a sense I am Raman's grand student!
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  • PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    PraveenKumar Purushothaman

    @praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Feb 4, 2012

    bioramani
    I had met Raman a few times. I very much wanted to do physics and work with him. It was not to be. However, I did get to work under Prof Ramaseshan, Raman's student and nephew, for many years. So in a sense I am Raman's grand student!
    Sir you are so lucky!!! Seriously!!! 😀
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