EPIC View of Moon Transiting the Earth

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This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope, and the Earth - one million miles away.Read more: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/f...Credit: NASA/NOAA
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Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, August 5th, 2015 1:04pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter Grimm.

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This spacecraft is about to start collecting regular data on the energy balance of the whole Earth - an important additional set of data on global warming. Of course the spacecraft was ready about 15 years ago - but Republicans did not want it to fly because (1) they hate Al Gore, and (2) they don't want us to know what they are doing to our planet. ("Close your eyes and vote Republican!")

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