It only took about 4 months, but the Blue Marble photo of Earth has already been eclipsed by this 121 megapixel photo taken by Russian weather satellite Elektro-L No.1 from a distance of 22,369 miles.
The image, which is touted as the largest single-shot photo of Earth ever taken, was captured by combining visible and infrared wavelengths of light. Click here to view the photo with a zoom tool, or hit the jump to check out Elektro-L’s time lapse of the northern hemisphere.
(Planet Earth via Mashable)
