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Google is mining photos from a satellite launched in 2013 to create a better, cloud-free image of Earth from above.<\/p>\n

The newest mosaic is an updated version of one produced in 2013<\/a>. The new version was pieced together mostly using data from the Landsat 8 satellite, launched by NASA,\u00a0which snaps “twice as many images as Landsat 7 does every day,” according to Google.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“This new rendition of Earth uses the most recent data available \u2014 mostly from Landsat 8 \u2014 making it our freshest global mosaic to date,” Chris Herwig, program manager for Google Earth Engine wrote in a blog post<\/a>.\u00a0 Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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