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English: An equirectangular projection, with the equator as the standard parallel, of a Visible Earth image collected by the Earth Observatory experiment of the U.S. Government's NASA space agency. The reticle is 15 degrees in latitude and longitude.
Date (original), 2006 (modification by Mdf)
Source http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/: Info, Image. Modified by Mdf
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original by NASA (sensor Terra/MODIS), modified by Mdf
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N: 84.968148°N
W: 180.0010156°W E: 180.002327°E
S: 86.3293806°S
Georeferencing View the georeferenced map in the Wikimaps Warper
Other versions Derivative works of this file:  Hoelzelbluemarble.png

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Public domain This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.)
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current15:06, 18 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 15:06, 18 October 20062,048 × 1,025 (937 KB)Mdf (talk | contribs)An equirectangular projection, with the equator as the standard parallel, of a Visible Earth image collected by the Earth Observatory experiment of the U.S. Government's NASA space agency. The reticle is 15 degrees in latitude and longitude.

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