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South America is visible on the right, and it looks to me like part of North America might also be pictured close to the horizon. Higher-resolution image: http
by layer8 7mo ago
South America is visible on the right, and it looks to me like part of North America might also be pictured close to the horizon.
Higher-resolution image: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/art002e000192.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/art002e00019...
- delecti 7mo agoOh, good point. I missed South America under the cloud cover. I guess the Eastern edge of the US would indeed be visible as a highly distorted smudge on the edge of the visible surface. For a view of roughly the same half of Earth, but with less clouds, if you rotate the image clockwise by 150 degrees you get roughly this viewpoint of the earth: https://earth.google.com/web/@3.63731074,-23.1618975,-2690.78157304a,17056313.54043245d,35y,0h,0t,0r/data=CgRCAggBOgMKATBCAggASg0I____________ARAA https://earth.google.com/web/@3.63731074,-23.1618975,-2690.7...
- mtone 7mo agoThanks! There's a heading control to include rotation in link: https://earth.google.com/web/@3.63731074,-23.1618975,-2690.78157304a,17056313.54043245d,35y,142h,0t,0r/data=CgRCAggBOgMKATBCAggASg0I____________ARAA?authuser=0 https://earth.google.com/web/@3.63731074,-23.1618975,-2690.7...