This Satellite Is Sending Amazing Images Of Earth – And Protecting Us From Solar Flares
by The Daily Eye Team July 24 2015, 7:25 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 39 secsA million miles from Earth, a new satellite with a long history is now keeping an eye on both our own planet and the particles flowing from the sun. The satellite, positioned 92 million miles from the sun, is called DSCOVR, short for Deep Space Climate Observatory. After NASA released an image of the Earth produced by DSCOVR yesterday, President Obama tweeted the picture. "Just got this new blue marble photo from @NASA," he wrote. "A beautiful reminder that we need to protect the only planet we have." But the craft is more than just a machine that takes stirring pictures of Earth. The satellite is, in a sense, two-faced: It will examine our planet and the sun's activity, placed as it is between the two bodies. Read More?at ?www.news.vice.com