On Earth Day, NASA asked people around the world, “Where are you on Earth right now?” inviting people to submit selfies. The goal? To create a world mosaic where each person would be one pixel.
On Thursday, NASA released the completed mosaic, entitled “Global Selfie.”
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The image was built using 36,422 images that were posted on social media and tagged #globalselfie on or around April 22, 2014. The photos from people from every continent — 113 countries and regions.
NASA released an ultra hi-res 3.2-gigapixel image that people can use to zoom in and find themselves.
To view the image, hosted by GigaPan, click here.
WATCH: Global selfies from around the world
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