NASA introduces giant "selfie" photo of Earth
On May 22, the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) released the first "selfie" photo of Earth, a giant high-resolution photo made from 36,000 photos collected on social networks recording Earth Day celebrations around the world.
With the goal of creating the first selfie for Earth, NASA called on people around the world on Earth Day, April 22, to take and post photos to celebrate this holiday on popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
People from 113 countries and territories across five continents have joined together to respond to this call.
NASA spent the next several weeks collecting and selecting from more than 50,000 to create the final product, a giant 3.2-gigapixel image of Earth taken from the Suomi NPP climate satellite.
Speaking at the event, NASA Earth Science Associate Administrator Peg Luce said the agency was delighted to receive such overwhelming response from many countries, as people around the world came together to join in a common activity honoring Mother Earth.
He hopes this activity will help further promote people's awareness of environmental protection as well as awareness of NASA's efforts to protect the Blue Planet.
Those interested can view this special image of Earth along with related videos and information at NASA's website ( http://www.nasa.govNASA).
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a "selfie" is "a photograph of oneself taken by that person using a digital camera, typically for posting on a social networking site."
As a popular word of social media, in 2013, "selfie" was updated in the online Oxford dictionary and was chosen by this English dictionary as "word of the year"./.
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