This is the oceanic hemisphere, where 89% of the surface is water. The image has stunned viewers, sparking conversations about how little we truly know about our planet's vast oceanic side.

Around 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered in water, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised at all to see this view given that the part we are used to seeing has so much landmass to it.

Viral image showing the Earth from an unusual angle sends social media users into a frenzy ... Some 89% of its surface is covered by water, with only 11% by land.

Whether it's from a classroom globe or one of NASA's stunning satellite images, most people are pretty familiar with how our planet looks.. But a rarely seen angle of Earth is now freaking people out.

This angle between the equator and the place on Earth where the Sun is straight above you is called the "solar declination". But on the solstice it's exactly the same as the tilt of the Earth ...

Planet Earth 150,000-year history of Earth's magnetic field reveals clues about the climate ... This difference between true north and the north heading on a compass is an angle called declination.

Most images of the Earth show the Northern Hemisphere of the planet, as this half of the globe is home to 68% of all land. However, the majority of the Earth's surface is covered by water - in ...