New high-def image of the Earth

NASA calls the new composite view of the Earth the “most amazing high definition image of Earth” ever.

It’s part of NASA’s Blue Marble series. It’s composite image that uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012.

[Right, this is a product of NASA's Blue Marble series, a composite made from multiple images acquired on January 4, 2012. Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring]