NASA Releases Flip Side of High-Res Earth Image New 'Blue Marble' image focuses on eastern hemisphere By John Johnson, Newser Staff Posted Feb 4, 2012 9:51 AM CST 7 comments Comments This Blue Marble image focuses on the eastern hemisphere. NASA released it this week. (Flickr) View 1 more image (Newser) – NASA released its 2012 version of the "Blue Marble" image of earth from space last month, and it went viral in a hurry. What to do for an encore? Show the other side. The first image focused on the western hemisphere. Citing huge demand, NASA this week released a companion image that focuses on the eastern hemisphere. It's a composite image, and Wired has the particulars of how this new shot came to be. This one, released last month, shows the western hemisphere. (AP Photo/NASA)
