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Revising the famous 'Blue Marble' pic, the renamed Suomi NPP polar-orbiting weather satellite has delivered this awesome new view of the Americas.

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A "Blue Marble" image of the Earth taken earlier this month by the VIIRS instrument aboard Suomi NPP.
Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman Kuring

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