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Earth from 20,000 Miles Up
May 29, 2012 | Russian Federal Space Agency

The Russian Federal Space Agency’s Research Center for Earth Operative Monitoring has published a high resolution animation that shows what Earth would look like from an altitude of 22,000 miles. Visit their site to get a much better view than the small animation here.


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