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Before there was a Blue Marble photograph or composite image of Earth, there was TIROS IX.


TIROS IX image by NASA. NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using VIIRS data from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership. Suomi NPP is the result of a partnership between NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Department of Defense. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published April 22, 2015
Data acquired February 13, 1965

Source:
Suomi NPP > VIIRS