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Re:Russian satellite's 121-megapixel image of Earth is most ... by sp332 on Monday May 14, 2012 @01:56PM (#3972248)
Blue Marble is a compilation from several different instruments. The new "photograph" was taken with a single satellite all at once.
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Re:Russian satellite's 121-megapixel image of Earth is most ... by mturmon on Monday May 14, 2012 @05:18PM (#3973342)
The recently-released Blue Marble image was from several different overpasses (six to be exact) but only one instrument on one spacecraft.

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_21...

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