According to NASA, this photo of Earth is the most detailed true-color image of the entire planet to date.
Click on the image for a larger version, or visit NASA's "Visible Earth" site for a larger, more detailed version of this photo and many other images of Earth taken from space.
For this image, NASA used a collection of satellite-based observations, scientists and visualizers stitched together months of observations of the land surface, oceans, sea ice, and clouds into a seamless, true-color mosaic of every square kilometer (.386 square mile) of Earth. The images are freely available to educators, scientists, museums, and the public.
