Satellite takes awe-inspiring 121-megapixel photograph of Earth
A spectacular 3D image of our blue marble taken 36,000
kilometres (22,369 miles) away by a Russian weather satellite is
proving once and for all how insignificant humans really are.
The glorious photo has already eclipsed NASA’s earlier snapshot.
If you think NASA’s January high-resolution (8000 x 8000 pixel
resolution) image was amazing, you should look at the latest
image of Earth that has been dubbed by certain media outlets
“the best photo of Earth ever taken.” The Russian weather
satellite took the photograph once and it uses the image from
four wavelengths of light: three visible and one infrared. One
of the first things you will notice is the orange that covers
the bottom half of Africa, Australia and parts of Europe and
Asia. The photo can be played around with on GigaPan . Users can
zoom in and out of the image or click on pre-selected snapshots
of different regions of our planet. You can also compare the
different features of Earth with