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The Americas, photographed from four Moons away
NASA's EPIC camera on the NOAA DSCOVR satellite photographed the sunlit Earth from about 1.52 million kilometres away, sitting near the Lagrange point L1 between us and the Sun; it keeps taking more.
On air: Hank Ledger on The Weekend ShiftPublished
Photo: Koyos · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBNWatch it as it aired: Hank Ledger on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 12:39 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are NASA's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by NASA: “Earth, Today: the Americas, top to bottom (Thursday, October 22)”, with reporting from Wikipedia.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 12:39 AM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Americas, Earth.
- BBN covered this story before: The Americas, Seen From Four Moons Away (October 22).
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What BBN said about it
The BBN AnnouncerBehold the Americas, top to bottom, photographed on Thursday, October twenty-second, at twelve-sixteen PM Eastern, by NASA's EPIC camera.
The BBN AnnouncerThe camera sat one point five two million kilometres away, about four times farther than the Moon.
The BBN AnnouncerAnd the light took five seconds to reach it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFive seconds. My train from Hoboken has never once been that prompt.
The BBN AnnouncerHold that thought, Earth. You are lovely, and a camera four Moons away is looking at you, several times a day, and never calls.
The BBN AnnouncerThis is BBN.
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The story so far
- Did a giant object collide with Earth to form the moon? · Space
- A Whole Planet, Photographed Mostly for Hank's Benefit · NASA
- SpaceX Crew-12 commander wishes everyone could see Earth from space · Space.com
- ESA official on NASA cuts and Earth observation · Live Science
- Smithsonian geologist reads corals and gems for ocean clues · Science News
- The Americas, Seen From Four Moons Away · NASA
- The Americas, photographed from four Moons away (this story)
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