The Americas, seen from space during the 2014 vernal equinox

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The Americas, seen from space during the 2014 vernal equinox
This full-disk image from NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite was captured at 11:45 UTC (4:45 AM Pacific) and shows the Americas on March 20th, 2014. This date marks the start of astronomical spring in the northern hemisphere. (Photo: NOAA/NASA GOES Project/Reproduced under a Creative Commons license).