If you thought Ellen DeGeneres's Oscars selfie packed in a lot of people, get ready for a shock.
Nasa has revealed a huge image of the earth made up of over 36,000 selfies. Created to mark Earth Day, the 3.2 gigapixel image can be zoomed so that users can find their own picture.
The project was created to mark Earth Day, and Nasa asked people all around the world a simple question – 'Where are you on Earth Right Now?' We asked people to answer the question on social media, with a selfie.
自拍風潮席捲全球，不僅美國總統歐巴馬（Barack Obama）愛自拍，第86屆奧斯卡典禮主持人艾倫（Ellen DeGeneres）也在典禮上與12位巨星自拍，被外界封為「史上最強自拍照」！
日前美國太空總署（NASA）策畫了一個 #GlobalSelfie 的活動，收集全球各地的自拍照，拼合在一起，成為巨型的著名「藍色彈珠」地球照片。
- Pack in 使擠進；擠入（有限空間）
- Gigapixel (n.) 十億像素
- Zoom (v.) 將畫面拉近或拉遠 * zoom in 拉近 ↔ zoom out 拉遠
The image was built using 36,422 individual photos that were posted on social media and tagged #globalselfie on or around April 22, 2014. People on every continent – 113 countries and regions in all – posted selfies.
From Antarctica to Yemen, Greenland to Guatemala, Micronesia to the Maldives, Pakistan, Poland, Peru – and on. The image was assembled after weeks of curating more than 50,000 #globalselfie submissions – not all were accessible or usable – from Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Google+ and Flickr.
The result is a zoomable 3.2-gigapixel image that people can scan and explore to take a closer look at the variety of pictures. The mosaic is hosted on the Web by GigaPan.
美國太空總署（NASA）策畫的 #GlobalSelfie 活動是為了「紀念世界地球日（Earth Day）」，他們在社交網站上問道：「你現在正在地球的什麼地方？」，讓全世界各個角落的網友可以在社交網站回答問題，並附上自拍照，加上 #globalselfie 參加，一個月以來總共有 50,000 張來自 113 個國家的照片，最後有 36,422 張照片被挑選出來，然後合成一張 32 億像素的地球「藍色彈珠」照片，如果你有參加這次活動，不妨點選句末網址將照片放大，尋找一下自己吧！(Click me to find!)
- Antarctica (n.) 南極洲
- Guatemala (n.) 瓜地馬拉
- Micronesia (n.) 密克羅尼西亞
- Curate (v.) 策展
- Submission (n.) 提交(物)；呈遞(書) * in my submission 依我的看法
The deadline for the submission of proposals is May 1st. 提交建議的最後期限是5月1日。
Ex: In my submission, these proposals are completely unworkable.
依我之見, 這些提議根本是不可行的。
- Zoomable (adj.) 可縮放的
- Mosaic (n.) 馬賽克
The mosaic is based on views of each hemisphere that were captured on April 22, 2014, by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite instrument on the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite, a joint NOAA-NASA mission.
美國太空總署（NASA）用幾週的時間對這些自拍照進行合成，合成的模板就是2014年4月22日當天利用國家極軌業務環境衛星預備項目（NPP）的可見紅外成像輻射儀套件儀器，從太空拍攝的地球照。
- Hemisphere (n.)〔地球的〕半球
