The Blue Marble 2012 photo that we told you about last week, had an amazing reception with more than 3.2 million views to date. That’s why NASA Goddard Photo and Video decided to create another Blue Marble 2012 view, this time showing the Eastern Hemisphere.

“The new image is a composite of six separate orbits taken on January 23, 2012 by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. Both of these new ‘Blue Marble’ images are images taken by a new instrument flying aboard Suomi NPP, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).” NASA describes in detail how the Blue Marble photos are created and shares more background information in this “How To” image uploaded alongside the new view.

Even topping the size of the previous view of Earth, NASA has uploaded the 132.25 Megapixel version to Flickr. From the large size you can click through to see the original 11500 x 11500 image on Flickr.

Photo and quote from NASA Goddard Photo and Video.

The Stuck on Earth iPad app from long time Flickr member Stuck in Customs, (a.k.a. Trey Ratcliff) is a great example of what we love to see people doing with the Flickr API and the wealth of geotagged photos on Flickr.

The app lets you explore the world through photos on Flickr. Just zoom into any location and photos taken there will pop up on the screen. Trey designed it for photographers and travelers (i.e. You!) to help plan what you might want to see and photograph when wandering the world.

The app is also built around the Stuck on Earth Community group that Trey has fostered here on Flickr. Members of the group submit photos and curated Top 50 lists around for all kinds of themes like Top 50 Airports and Top 50 Capital Cities. These are then incorporated into the app. You can filter these by category like architecture, entertainment, secret spots, etc. Being able to browse these curated lists is yet another great way the app lets you explore the world through Flickr photos guided by members of the Flickr and Stuck on Earth communities.

So if you’re a traveler or photographer check out the app, it’s free!

Hiroshi Sugimoto‘s series Seascapes photographs of water and air have inspired a Flickr group, full of photographs of the sea and sky.

Airport terminals are special: They have an air of wanderlust, the big, wide world. They can be stressful, but also calm and recreational. In her gallery The Terminal that inspired this post, megoizzy shows us the unique interior of some airports from around the world.

All photos uploaded to today from Flickr members ildikoneer, Jeremy Daigneault, Mr. Frumble, and The Spirit of the World.

A dazzling display of auroras lit up the far northern skies Tuesday night (Jan. 24) in a supercharged light show…The northern lights show was sparked by an intense solar flare that erupted from the sun late Sunday (Jan. 22). The flare unleashed a wave of charged particles, triggering the strongest solar radiation storm since 2005 (- Yahoo! News)

Flickr members Ben-e-boy and Corinne Mills (Ben’s Mom!) caught the aurora over Dundee, Scotland. A local and national paper found their photos through Flickr and contacted them. Corinne was contacted by the local Dundee Evening Telegraph. Ben’s photos were found by the Scottish edition of the Times and after contacting him his photo was on the front page!

Photos from Fotoklubben Knäppisarna, PaulCyrPhotography.com, Ben-e-boy, and corinne mills.

Flickr Pro is already without doubt the best deal on the web for uploading and sharing your photos. Unlimited uploads, unlimited storage, access to your super huge original files, stats on your account and no ads. Flickr Pro means that you can take all the photos you like with all your phones, cameras, celluloid lightboxes, microwave ovens, etc. and store your memories all together in one place for $24.95 per year.

Today we’re happy to announce some Pro pricing changes to make it even better:

• For people who would rather pay in smaller increments we’re introducing an option to buy Pro 3 months at a time for $6.95.
• We’re also dropping the price of a 2 year subscription to $44.95 (a savings of $10.95 off the 3 months at a time price).

Lastly, we’re also moving to a subscription model where Pro accounts will automatically renew. When your Pro account is near expiration, you’ll receive a reminder from us before it renews and you’ll of course have the option to cancel at anytime.

We hope these changes will make it even easier for members to enjoy all of the fun of Flickr Pro uninterrupted and for less money.

Note: Pro subscriptions purchased before January 25, 2012 won’t automatically renew. (You will have to pay the old fashioned way using that web order form thing like your Grandpa used to back in 2011.)

For more information please see our Payment FAQs and if you have any questions let us know in the forum.

“A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite – Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. “

NASA has uploaded the full 64 Megapixel version to Flickr. Here’s a link to the Large size. From there you can click over to see the 8000×8000 image on Flickr.

Photo and quote from NASA Goddard Photo and Video.

"Svema" used to be the major photographic film manufacturer in the USSR, but their film lost market share in former Soviet countries to imported products during the late 1990s. They made black-and-white photographic film, photographic paper and B&W/colour cine film until 2000. Svema products were known among enthusiasts as an easy and sturdy product for beginners in home film development and printing. – Wikipedia

Many of you – the enthusiasts mentioned in above article – are here on Flickr showcasing your amazing work taken with the many different Svema films that are a part of magnificent analog history.

Photos from mariczka, boxed_137, alex-malex, arthur sakhkalyan, payalnic, sundays and tea, melancholija, nefoto…, Gleb Pereyaslavsky, and levas.

Previous film samplrs: Fuji Superia 200

Every year on 20 January the people of the city of San Sebastián celebrate a festival known as the “Tamborrada”. At midnight, in the Konstituzio Plaza, the mayor raises the flag of San Sebastián. For 24 hours, day and night, the entire city is awash with the sound of drums. The adults, dressed as cooks and soldiers, march in different companies across various parts of the city with different schedules. The celebration finishes at midnight when the city flag is lowered at different spots, while the main meeting point remains the Konstituzio Plaza. – Wikipedia

View more photos of this year’s Tamborrada festival that took place in San Sebastian last Friday.

Photos from zubillaga61, martuteneauzoa, and envisionpublicidad.