Last week, NASA released its 2012 version of the famous “Blue Marble” image. By using a planet-pointing satellite, Suomi NPP, the space agency created an extremely high-resolution photograph of our watery world.
The photo centered on the western hemisphere, highlighting North and Central America. It went viral and got even more hits on Flickr than the iconic “Situation Room” photo, taken at the time of the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
Now, responding to public demand, the agency has created a companion image: this time focusing its lens toward the East and showing Africa, Saudi Arabia and India.
I recall that quite a few people felt left out of the party last week when the Blue Marble 2K12 came out and centered on the Western Hemisphere.
Now we have a bit more of the globe represented. Not all of it, but better? Will this East Coast/West Coast Hemisphere rivalry never end?!
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