Russian weather satellite captures Earth like never before

Planet Earth, our home has been captured by Electro-L, Russia's latest weather satellite in its most splendid avatar, and the image itself is a never-seen before one and the best, yet. Electro-L captured Earth in a mind-boggling 121 megapixels rich image, that too in a single shot, according to a Gizmodo report. Not only has this image of the Earth been captured in the highest resolution (no other image of the planet boasts of this resolution), but also the fact that other images of the planet, captured by NASA and several other agencies are arrived at by stitching several  images together, this one is rare. A Daily Mail report adds that the satellite, which was launched in January 2011, has been capturing images of such brilliance every 30 minutes, since its launch in a bid to monitor weather conditions. The report adds that during times of strange weather conditions, the satellite can be commanded to capture such images every 10 minutes by Russian operators. View the video below to see this beautiful imagery for yourself.Earth, like never seen before (Image credit: Gizmodo)Click here for full story