Thi reconstructed digital portrait of our planetis reminiscent of th Apollo-era pictures of the "big blue marble Earthfrom space Tocreate it, researchers at Goddard Space Flight Center' Laboratoryfor Atmospheres combined dat from aGeostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES),the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor SeaWiFS), and thePolar Orbiting Environmental Satellites POES) with USGSelevation model of Earth' topography.Stunningl detailed, the planet's western hemisphere iscast so that heavy vegetation is green and sparse vegetation is yellow,while the heights of mountains and depths of valleyshave been exaggerated by 50 times to makevertical relief visible. HurricaneLinda is the dramatic storm off North America's west coast.And what abou the Moon?The lunar image was reconstructed from GOES data an artistically rescaled for thi visualization.
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