File:Earth-DSCOVR-20150706-IFV.jpg
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July 20, 2015
NASA Captures "EPIC" Earth Image
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UPLOADER NOTES (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Drbogdan" title="User:Drbogdan">Drbogdan</a> (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Drbogdan" title="User talk:Drbogdan">talk</a>) 16:01, 20 July 2015 (UTC)):
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IMAGE CAPTION:
Earth as seen on July 6, 2015 from a distance of one million miles by a NASA scientific camera
FILE DESCRIPTION:
A NASA camera on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Deep Space Climate Observatory">Deep Space Climate Observatory</a> (DSCOVR) satellite has returned its first 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. These images, available 12 to 36 hours after they are acquired, will be posted to a dedicated web page by September 2015.
The primary objective of DSCOVR, a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Air Force, is to maintain the nation’s real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities, which are critical to the accuracy and lead time of space weather alerts and forecasts from NOAA.
For more information about DSCOVR, visit:
<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR/">http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR/</a>
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| current | 06:57, 7 January 2017 | | 1,788 × 1,756 (646 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | July 20, 2015 <p>NASA Captures "EPIC" Earth Image </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-captures-epic-earth-image">http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasa-captures-epic-earth-image</a> </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/07201148-dscovr-epic-globe-earth.html">http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/07201148-dscovr-epic-globe-earth.html</a> </p> <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/summer-of-science-2015/latest/blue-marble-earth-photos-comparison">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/cp/summer-of-science-2015/latest/blue-marble-earth-photos-comparison</a> </p> <p><br> UPLOADER NOTES (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Drbogdan" title="User:Drbogdan">Drbogdan</a> (<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Drbogdan" title="User talk:Drbogdan"><span class="signature-talk">talk</span></a>) 16:01, 20 July 2015 (UTC)): </p> <p><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Earth-DSCOVR-20150706.png" title="File:Earth-DSCOVR-20150706.png">Original PNG file</a> was converted from PNG to JPG - via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irfanview" class="extiw" title="w:Irfanview">Irfanview v4.38</a> </p> <p><br> IMAGE CAPTION: </p> <p>Earth as seen on July 6, 2015 from a distance of one million miles by a NASA scientific camera </p> <p><br> FILE DESCRIPTION: </p> <p>A NASA camera on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Space_Climate_Observatory" class="extiw" title="en:Deep Space Climate Observatory">Deep Space Climate Observatory</a> (DSCOVR) satellite has returned its first view of the entire sunlit side of Earth from one million miles away. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>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. These images, available 12 to 36 hours after they are acquired, will be posted to a dedicated web page by September 2015. </p> <p>The primary objective of DSCOVR, a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Air Force, is to maintain the nation’s real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities, which are critical to the accuracy and lead time of space weather alerts and forecasts from NOAA. </p> <p>For more information about DSCOVR, visit: </p> <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR/">http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/DSCOVR/</a> |
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