Green Blog: On Our Radar: A Crisp View of Earth

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 11:20 in Astronomy & Space

The Suomi N.P.P. satellite is carrying five instruments, the biggest of which, the "Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite," took the photos that were used to create a composite image.

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