NASA Reveals Stunning New "Blue Marble" Image
NASA has released a new high definition composite image of our home - Planet Earth. Dubbed the new 'Blue Marble', the stunning image was 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. Click here for the ultra-high definition image.