Blue Marble 2012 - North America

NO WATERMARKS - NO SILLINESS. Just Nasa's image optimized for 1920x1280. Image taken by Nasa's Suomi NPP satellite on Jan 4, 2012. Image property of NASA Goddard Photo and Video. Creative Commons licensed, no rights claimed or implied. The satellite used to capture this image is named after the “father of satellite meteorology,” Verner E. Suomi.