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A Whole Planet, Photographed Mostly for Hank's Benefit
NASA's EPIC camera on NOAA's DSCOVR satellite shot the sunlit Earth from about 1.54 million kilometres out, roughly four times the Moon's distance; the planet declined to pose.
On air: Hank Ledger on BBN OvernightPublished
At a glance
- First reported by NASA: “Earth, Today: the Americas, top to bottom (Saturday, October 17)”.
- Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 12:47 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Americas, Earth.
- BBN covered this story before: Alaska site holds oldest known dwelling in the Americas (October 19).
The real story
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What BBN said about it
The BBN AnnouncerSaturday, October seventeenth, twelve fifty-three PM Eastern. The whole sunlit Earth, the Americas stacked top to bottom, per NASA.
The BBN AnnouncerThe camera sat one point five four million kilometres away, four times farther than the Moon. And the light still found it in five seconds.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFive seconds. My commute is longer than that, and I only go downstairs.
The BBN AnnouncerOur home, seen from the sunny side only, because the satellite will not turn around. This is BBN.
The story so far
- Earliest pet dogs in the Americas may have lived at Alaska site · Live Science
- A Whole Planet, Photographed From Very Far Away · NASA
- The Americas, Photographed From Four Moons Away · NASA
- Alaska dig: 'canid' replaces 'dog' as a consultant weighs in · cristinaiglesias.com
- The Americas, Seen From Four Moons Away · NASA
- Alaska site holds oldest known dwelling in the Americas · IFLScience
- A Whole Planet, Photographed Mostly for Hank's Benefit (this story)
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