NASA has released a new high-definition "Blue Marble" image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard the Suomi NPP satellite launched on October 28, 2011 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, in California.
View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. This is the first time the Apollo trajectory made it possible to photograph the south polar ice cap.
Image courtesy NASA Johnson Space Center
NASA's 'Blue Marble' high definition image of the Earth
