Yes it's a real photo, have a look to the description http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/

Yes it's a real photo, have a look to the description http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001/in/photostream/ Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth - Blue Marble 2012 A 'Blue Marble' image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA's most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP.