The Most Amazing Photo Of Earth Ever

This photo was taken by Russia’s latest weather satellite, the Electro-L at approximately 36,000 kilometers above the equator. The original photo (download it here) is a whopping 121 megapixels. Wowsers! posted on May 10, 2012 at 11:47am EDT

Samir Mezrahi BuzzFeed Staff posted about a year ago

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The Most Amazing Photo Of Earth Ever

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