En estricto rigor, durante los 43 años que han pasado desde la fotografía tomada desde el Apolo 17, ha habido 6 imágenes de nuestro planeta desde el espacio, pero la de este año corresponde a la segunda en conseguirse con una toma de tres imágenes combinadas.

La fotografía actual corresponde a la tomada por el poderoso satélite de la NASA Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR), lanzado al espacio en febrero de este año.

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Our 'EPIC' camera on @NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite, gave us this new view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away. This color image of Earth was taken by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope. The image was generated by combining three separate images to create a photographic-quality image. The camera takes a series of 10 images using different narrowband filters -- from ultraviolet to near infrared -- to produce a variety of science products. The red, green and blue channel images are used in these color images. The image was taken July 6, 2015, showing North and Central America. The central turquoise areas are shallow seas around the Caribbean islands. This Earth image shows the effects of sunlight scattered by air molecules, giving the image a characteristic bluish tint. The EPIC team is working to remove this atmospheric effect from subsequent images. Once the instrument begins regular data acquisition, EPIC will provide a daily series of Earth images allowing for the first time study of daily variations over the entire globe. In celebration, we're taking over @WhiteHouse on Instagram for @NASA's & @NOAA's leaders to share some of their favorite views of Earth from space. See these views of our home planet on @WhiteHouse. Image credit: NASA #EarthRightNow #Earth #DSCOVR @NOAA #NASA #Space #BlueMarble #ActOnClimate

Una foto publicada por NASA (@nasa) el 20 de Jul de 2015 a la(s) 1:35 PDT