Electro-L, a geostationary Russian weather satellite launched on January 20th, 2011, produced a very detailed total view of the Earth, centered over the Indian Ocean. This image has a much more higher resolution than the famous "blue marble" photograph of the Earth, taken in 1972 by the Apollo 17 crew. The orange color represents vegetation.
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| Earth as seen from Russian weather satellite Electro-L. The full size image is about 110 Mb. Credit: NTs OMZ |
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| Here and below, a series of partial views from the above image. The Indian peninsula and Sri Lanka |
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| Italy, Greece, Turkey, the Nile delta, the Sinai peninsula |
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| Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the World |
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| Borneo (Indonesian: Kalimantan), the third largest island in the world |
