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The Americas, Seen From Four Moons Away
NASA's EPIC camera on NOAA's DSCOVR satellite captured the whole sunlit Earth from about 1.54 million kilometres out; the planet declined to comment.
On air: Hank Ledger on BBN OvernightPublished
Photo: NOAA/NASA · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · altered by BBNWatch it as it aired: Hank Ledger on this story, from BBN Overnight at 12:52 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 (Sunday, October 18)”.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 12:52 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Americas, Earth.
- BBN covered this story before: A Whole Planet, Photographed Mostly for Hank's Benefit (October 20).
The real story
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What BBN said about it
The BBN AnnouncerOn Sunday, October eighteenth, at one twelve PM Eastern, a camera looked back and saw the Americas, top to bottom.
The BBN AnnouncerIt was one point five four million kilometres away. That is about four Moons. Light needed five whole seconds to reach it.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo it's a long way off and it's slow. Per NASA.
The BBN AnnouncerFour Moons away, and the whole planet fits in one picture. Not one person in it waved. This is BBN.
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The story so far
- 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 · NASA
- The Americas, Seen From Four Moons Away (this story)
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