One year on Earth seen from a million miles away
 

One year on Earth seen from a million miles away
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In July last year, NASA relayed the very first image taken by its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (ironically, EPIC for short).*

The image marked the first of its kind to show the sunlit side of the Earth. A year later, NASA has gifted us dwelling here on the big spinning rock with vision of what a year on Earth looks like from a million miles away. Mind blown.

EPIC is a component of the satellite Deep Space Climate Observatory (DISCOVR), which is balanced between the gravity of the planet we call home and the sun. It captures a photo every two hours that depicts just how the human eye would see its home from the outside — from its atmospheric changes to its drifting of clouds and stirring of storm systems.* Read more...


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