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NASA releases satellite photo of Ireland from space

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KENNETH HAYNES,
IrishCentral.Com Staff Writer

Published Thursday, March 18, 2010, 6:08 PM
Updated Friday, March 19, 2010, 8:38 AM

 

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If drinking green beer or milkshakes didn't satisfy your taste for all things Irish yesterday, NASA took advantage of Saint Patrick's Day to unveil the Emerald Isle as it appears from space.

The views, taken by NASA's Aqua satellite and other spacecraft, reveal Ireland as a verdant island covered in bright green vegetation. Ribbons of blue-green phytoplankton can be seen faintly in the Celtic Sea just off the island's coast and south of Dublin, according to Space.com.

The Aqua photo was taken in 2003, but released Wednesday to mark St. Patrick's Day, NASA officials said.

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Posted by jerrymorriss on Mar 24, 2010, 09:23 AM EDT
got to visit someday
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Posted by Rosebeautiful on Mar 23, 2010, 01:35 AM EDT
absolutely beautiful
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Posted by murphy666 on Mar 20, 2010, 02:31 AM EDT
Can you spot the pedophiles hiding in the bushes?
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Posted by knowthyself on Mar 20, 2010, 12:38 AM EDT
JUST BEAUTIFUL, A CREATION OF GOD HIMSELF !
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Posted by hwodunnavent on Mar 20, 2010, 12:00 AM EDT
Did you notice the leprechaun's profile approximately over Dublin? He's facing East with a smile, pointy nose and a beard. NASA proves they exist!
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Posted by willieboy on Mar 19, 2010, 07:38 PM EDT
Now if you could only get an airline that works.
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Posted by phearne on Mar 19, 2010, 04:08 PM EDT
Lovely. I hope to come home for a visit someday
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Posted by dessieglynn on Mar 19, 2010, 01:48 PM EDT
Boy!!!! Do I miss it.
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Posted by belfastgirl1 on Mar 19, 2010, 01:05 PM EDT
Ireland the beautiful!!
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Posted by Minaret on Mar 19, 2010, 12:30 PM EDT
Very nice! It is truly the Emerald Isle. Thanks, NASA.
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Posted by Matoig21 on Mar 19, 2010, 10:45 AM EDT
Thank you NASA Its always beautiful
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Posted by TAnderson on Mar 19, 2010, 10:13 AM EDT
Beautiful pic!!!!!!
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Posted by ekh1155 on Mar 19, 2010, 09:55 AM EDT
Absolutely gorgeous!
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Posted by beachline on Mar 19, 2010, 09:53 AM EDT
Thank you NASA for this photo. It took six years to show my beautiful country to the world, but, it was worth the wait.
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Posted by tisiirish on Mar 18, 2010, 09:52 PM EDT
What!...Ireland is GREEN! Well I never would have thought! Thanks Nasa...How much did it cost to find this great imformation!
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Posted by jacersisityourself on Mar 18, 2010, 04:15 PM EDT
LOL @ CitizenWhy, you’re dead right! I'd love to know when this photo was taken - I doubt it was taken on 17th March, yesterday, when there were plenty of clouds around with the sun only peeking through now and again. Methinks it was during the last three weeks when we had glorious sunshine every day but, bejacers, wasn't it bluddy cold each day even with the cloudless skies! BTW, that's not phytoplankton off the coast of Wexford/Wicklow - it's sand lifted off the beaches of Wexford by coastal currents, making its way northwards up the coast in the tidal drift. The beaches of Wexford suffer tremendous coastal erosion and its lifted sand gets dumped at the mouth of the Boyne River at Drogheda, no thanks to that blocking sea wall there. That's why the beach at Mornington is so deeply soft underfoot and a hazard for beach motorists.
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Posted by CitizenWhy on Mar 18, 2010, 02:10 PM EDT
Nice to see no political boundaries.
 


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