Blue Marble 2012

[eyer]

http://www.click2houston.com/image/view/-/8596970/medRes/2/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/fm2cmb/-/NASA-earth-jpg.jpg

...7,918 miles above [earth's] surface at a viewpoint of 10 degrees south by 45 degrees east...

http://www.click2houston.com/NASA-releases-HD-Earth-image/-/1736084/8596968/-/wg82vgz/-/


[For the geographically-challenged: that's the continent of Africa on your left and the continent of Asia on your right...

...and the middle east is right where it's supposed to be.]

 

[koalabear]

WOW! Look at all that desert caused by global warming!