Courtesy of NASA’s Earth Observatory, here’s a look back at twenty of the most striking images of our home planet as seen from orbit in 2012.
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<strong>East from above.</strong> The scientist Norman Kuring created this image of Earth’s eastern hemisphere by combining data from six separate orbits made by the satellite Suomi NPP on January 23, 2012.<br><br><em>Image by <small>NASA</small>/<small>NOAA</small>.</em>
