File:Rotating Blue Marble.webm

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DescriptionRotating Blue Marble.webm	English: We made this animation as part of the initial release of the NASA Blue Marble imagery. Here's how we did it: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/elegantfigures/2011/10/06/crafting-the-blue-marble/
Date	6 October 2011
Source	https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/57760/blue-marble-animations (based on rotate_1280_lossless.mov version) or YouTube: Rotating Blue Marble – View/save archived versions on archive.org and archive.today
Author	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Image by Reto Stöckli (land surface, shallow water, clouds) Enhancements by Robert Simmon (ocean color, compositing, 3D globes, animation)
Other versions	gif version transparent background

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:57, 11 October 2020		8.0 s, 1,280 × 720 (3.68 MB)	Jahobr	better quality https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/57760/blue-marble-animations (based on rotate_1280_lossless.mov version)
	05:40, 6 August 2018		8.1 s, 1,280 × 720 (1.5 MB)	Jcpag2010	Imported media from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laiVuCmEjlg

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