NASA unveils giant "selfie" photo of Earth.
On May 22, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released the first-ever "selfie" of Earth, a massive, high-resolution image compiled from 36,000 photos collected from social media documenting Earth Day celebrations around the world.
With the goal of creating the first selfie of Earth, NASA called on people around the world on Earth Day, April 22nd, to take and post photos commemorating the holiday on popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
People around the world, in 113 countries and territories across five continents, have responded to this call.
NASA then spent weeks collecting and selecting from over 50,000 samples to create a massive 3.2-gigapixel image of Earth taken from the Suomi NPP climate satellite.
Speaking at the event, NASA's Deputy Director of Earth Sciences, Peg Luce, said the agency was delighted to receive such a large response from many countries, as people around the world came together to celebrate Mother Earth.
He hopes this initiative will further promote public awareness of environmental protection and understanding of NASA's efforts to safeguard the Blue Planet.
Those interested can view this special image of Earth along with related videos and information on the NASA website (http://www.nasa.govNASA).
According to the Merriam-Webster glossary, a "selfie" is "a photograph of a person taken by that person using a digital camera, usually for posting on social media."
As a buzzword in social media, "selfie" was added to the Oxford online dictionary in 2013 and was chosen as "word of the year" by the English dictionary.
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