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NASA Takes A 6000-Mile Panorama Photo - The Great Swath

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On April 12, 2013, the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) reached its final orbit, 705 kilometers (438 miles) above Earth. One week later, the satellite's natural-color imager scanned a swath of land 185-kilometers wide and 9,000 kilometers long (120 by 6,000 miles)-an unusual, unbroken distance considering 70 percent of Earth is covered with water.

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