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The Water Planet

Earth is a water planet. Three-quarters of the planet’s surface covered by ice or oceans, and the sky is filled with clouds.


NASA image by Robert Simmon and Marit Jentoft-Nilsen, based on MODIS data.

Published October 2, 2010
Data acquired July 10, 2005

Source:
Terra > MODIS