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These spectacular images of the Earth are the most true-colour images of the entire world released to-date, according to Nasa scientists.These spectacular images of the Earth are the most true-colour images of the entire world released to-date, according to Nasa scientists.
Photo: NASAPhoto: NASA
The images of the Indian Ocean and North America were produced by astronomers at Nasa's using images from the Terra satellite more than 435 miles (700km) above the Earth's surface The images of the Indian Ocean and North America were produced by astronomers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center using images from the Terra satellite more than 435 miles (700km) above the Earth's surface.
The Blue Marble series was pieced together from thousands of images taken over many months by the satellite's remote sensing device MODIS, of every square kilometre of the Earth's surface.The Blue Marble series was pieced together from thousands of images taken over many months by the satellite's remote sensing device MODIS, of every square kilometre of the Earth's surface.