"Then we wrapped the flat map around a ball. My part was integrating the surface, clouds, and oceans to match people's expectations of how Earth looks from space. That ball became the famous Blue Marble.

I was happy with it but had no idea how widespread it would become. We never thought it would become an icon. I certainly never thought that I would become 'Mr. Blue Marble.'"

- Robert Simmon, NASA Data Visualizer

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Did you know that every picture NASA has given us of Earth—which continue to be used in movies, History Channel, school textbooks, etc.— is 100% CGI?

That's kinda weird, huh?