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Multispectral Camera Tracks Earth's Atmosphere from Distant Orbit

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NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), affixed to NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) about a million miles from Earth, has begun capturing images of the planet's clouds, land surfaces, aerosols and more. EPIC captures a color image of the sunlit side of Earth at least once every two hours, allowing researchers to track features as the planet rotates in the instrument's field of view. An image captured by NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) showing Australia and part of Asia. Courtesy of Alexander Marshak/NASA. "With EPIC, you see cloud...Read full article

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    Published: December 2015
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