NASA's 2014 #GlobalSelfie of Earth, a mosaic of 36,422 individual photos taken on Earth Day all around the world. NASA<\/p>\n
It took 36,422 individual photos from 113 countries around the world to create NASA's 2014 \"global selfie\" -- an interactive, composite picture of our planet. <\/p>\n
In observance of Earth Day in April, NASA posed the question, \"Where are you on Earth right now?\" and invited people to reply with a photo. <\/p>\n
Thousands of people did, uploaded their pictures to Twitter, Instagram or Google+ using the hashtag #GlobalSelfie. or posting them on Facebook or the photo site Flickr. <\/p>\n
The mosaic image can be explored interactively using Gigapan technology that allows users to zoom in on any part of the globe. <\/p>\n
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