The image (click here) was taken July 6, 2015, showing North and Central America. The central turquoise areas are shallow seas around the Caribbean islands. This Earth image shows the effects of sunlight scattered by air molecules, giving the image a characteristic bluish tint. The EPIC team is working to remove this atmospheric effect from subsequent images. Once the instrument begins regular data acquisition, EPIC will provide a daily series of Earth images allowing for the first time study of daily variations over the entire globe. These images, available 12 to 36 hours after they are acquired, will be posted to a dedicated web page by September 2015.
The primary objective of DSCOVR, a partnership between NASA, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Air
Force, is to maintain the nation’s real-time solar wind monitoring
capabilities, which are critical to the accuracy and lead time of space
weather alerts and forecasts from NOAA.This is the original "Blue Marble" photo. It was taken on February 8, 2002. It is also a view of North America and Central America.
This spectacular “blue marble” (click here) image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date.
