Third rock from the sun is a blob of blue marble

U.B. Vasudev, in Tampa, Florida, forwards a picture of what is said to be “the most detailed view of Earth to date“.

According to the Daily Mail, London, scientists stitched together months of images sent by a space camera on board NASA satellite Terra, which is orbiting 435 miles above the Earth’s surface, to create this montage which shows the surface of the continents and oceans in stunning detail.

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