File:Whole world - land and oceans.jpg

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DescriptionWhole world - land and oceans.jpg	Satellite composition of the whole Earth's surface.
Date	image released 11. Feb. 2002
Source	NASA - Visible Earth, images combined and scaled down by Dbenbenn (8 megabyte upload limit) Blue Marble: Land Surface, Shallow Water, and Shaded Topography http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/Images/globe_east_2048.tif http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/Images/globe_west_2048.tif
Author	NASA Earth Observatory (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	12:10, 15 September 2014	8,192 × 4,096 (5.84 MB)	Yaviky	Reverted to version as of 15:07, 11 December 2004 : This photo is for the people who cannot load the image, not because of 8MB limit.
	22:33, 22 May 2005	15,306 × 7,653 (8.01 MB)	Dbenbenn	15306x7653 version, limited by 8MB upload limit
	15:07, 11 December 2004	8,192 × 4,096 (5.84 MB)	Alfio	Satellite composition of the whole Earth surface