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EARTH
 This
famous earthrise photo was taken by the Apollo 8 astronauts on December
24, 1968 as they orbited the moon. They were the first to witness
such a view of Earth (click to enlarge).
Click
here for more.
This
image was taken in August 1992 by the GOES-7 satellite
(click to enlarge). You can see Hurricane Andrew near North
America. (Courtesy of F. Hasler, et al, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, and NASA). Click
here for more.
 The
image at the left is actually a composite of hundreds of pictures
made by the orbiting DMSP satellites. (click
to enlarge). Another eye-opening image, it demonstrates how
much artificial lights illuminate heavily populated areas around
the globe. Click
here for more.
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