EPIC Earth

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Daily 360° mosaic

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Observation date

Our sunlit planet

Capture time

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View centre

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DSCOVR distance

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NASA image

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Spacecraft telemetry

DSCOVR J2000 position

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Moon J2000 position

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Sun J2000 position

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Attitude quaternion

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Daily composite · Equal Earth

Flat world map

The same EPIC imagery unwrapped with an equal-area projection, keeping the relative sizes of regions more faithful than a Web Mercator world map.

Map date

Latest available date

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Move the slider to load another available EPIC observation date, or press Play for a chronological animation that loops continuously with a new crossfade about every second. Several upcoming maps are preloaded to keep the motion smooth.

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The 360° surface is a daily mosaic, not one simultaneous photograph. It joins overlapping EPIC frames captured as Earth rotated and softly extends the small polar fringe outside DSCOVR’s view. The metadata and original NASA link describe the latest source frame. “Latest” means the newest set currently published by NASA, which can arrive after its capture date.

Imagery and metadata: NASA EPIC API. EPIC is aboard the NOAA DSCOVR spacecraft.