Climate Central: NASA released a new, high-resolution "Blue Marble" image of Earth this week, taken from instruments aboard the recently launched Suomi NPP satellite. The image is actually a composite of many pictures from Jan. 4, 2012 that were stitched together, and shows North America in stunning detail. One feature that is notably absent from the picture is snow cover, which is confined to parts of the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada.
In many parts of the country, snowfall has been running well below average......
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NASA Releases Stunning “Blue Marble” Image of Earth
Posted by Climate Central: Andrew Freedman on January 27th, 2012
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