NASA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite has sent its first photo showing the sunlit side of earth. The image is getting a lot of praise from science community and has been termed 'EPIC', a light positive humor for DSCOVR's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera.

The image was captured on July 6, 2015 and is a mix of three separate images taken from a distance of 1 million miles. Scientists shared that photos have a bluish tone due the scattering of sunlight by air molecules.

NASA has plans to publish a daily series of photos of earth taken by spacecraft's camera by September 2015. The DSCOVR spacecraft was launched on February 11, 2015, and it involves the partnership of NASA, the US Air Force, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The new picture shows earth in extreme detail from the mere distance of 1.6 million kilometres. The photo shows North America, the Gulf of Mexico and South America and the top right of the photo shows the western coasts of Europe.

NASA administrator Charlie Bolden said that the images have revealed the important benefits of earth observation from space. "As a former astronaut who's been privileged to view the Earth from orbit, I want everyone to be able to see and appreciate our planet as an integrated, interacting system", said Bolden.

Bolden said the spacecraft's observation of earth will help people know to monitor earth and how earth fits into neighborhood in the solar system.