File:Europe satellite orthographic.jpg

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A composed satellite photograph of Europe in orthographic projection

This is NASA "Blue Marble" archive copy at the Wayback Machine image applied as a texture on a sphere using Art of Illusion program. The observer is centered at (50° N, 20° E), at Moon distance above the Earth.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:06, 25 November 2005	1,158 × 909 (135 KB)	Wiki-vr	smaler file size, optimizing sea color
	14:42, 25 November 2005	1,158 × 884 (222 KB)	Wiki-vr	much too light areas darkened
	14:30, 25 November 2005	1,158 × 882 (213 KB)	Wiki-vr	enhanced (brightness, contrast)
	10:35, 19 April 2005	1,158 × 909 (257 KB)	Ghalas	A composed satellite photograph of Europe in orthographic projection This is NASA [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?vev1id=11656 "Blue Marble"] image applied as a texture on a sphere u
	10:25, 19 April 2005	1,146 × 888 (254 KB)	Ghalas	A composed satellite photograph of Europe in orthographic projection This is NASA [http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?vev1id=11656 "Blue Marble"] image applied as a texture on a sphere u