By January 15, 2027, will NASA's Earth Observatory publish an 'Image of the Day' from the EPIC instrument on the DSCOVR satellite specifically featuring the December 2026 solstice?

NASA's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), aboard the DSCOVR satellite, has a nearly continuous view of the sunlit side of Earth from about 1.6 million kilometers away. On September 22, 2026, NASA's Earth Observatory released an 'Image of the Day' featuring past EPIC images of solstices and equinoxes.

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This question resolves to Yes if the NASA Earth Observatory 'Image of the Day' website publishes at least one image or story between October 17, 2026, and January 15, 2027, that is explicitly sourced from the EPIC instrument and is described as showing or relating to the December 2026 solstice. The question resolves to No otherwise. The resolution source is the official archive of the NASA Earth Observatory Image of the Day.

Expected resolution

Jan 15, 2027

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