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English: Illumination of Earth by the Sun on the day of the equinox (vernal and autumnal).
A view of the eastern hemisphere showing noon in Central European time zone (ignoring DST) on the day of the equinox.
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Following third-party images were used to create this image:

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  • and "The Blue Marble: Land Surface, Ocean Color and Sea Ice" [2].

These images come from an archive of the American government agency NASA and, as such, they constitute "public domain" content.

Illumination maps were created using "Home Planet" [3] by John Walker.
Author Image by Przemyslaw "Blueshade" Idzkiewicz
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