Believe it or not, this is an image of Earth using a special process. It was created from a 12 frame mosaic used to construct a spherical panorama. This type of stereographic projection is used to map the image pixels is centered directly below the camera and is known as the little planet projection. If you look closely, you can see a portion of the constellation of Orion just to the right of the center of Earth. You can also see the fading tail of the comet Lovejoy stretching near the south celestial pole.
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