Video: The Earth in detail - new satellite image captures startling video of the planet

An incredible video of the Earth, created from images collected by the geostation Electro-L Weather Satellite, has been released online.

The images, collected last month are the largest, most detailed 'whole disk' pictures of the Earth ever captured.

The 121 megapixel resolution means a kilometre on Earth roughly translates to one pixel in the images.

The pictures were taken roughly every half an hour and were merged to create the video below.

Image via Getty

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