Image:Earth-Moon System.jpg
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From 4 million miles away on December 16, 1992, NASA's robot spacecraft Galileo took this picture of the Earth-moon system. Our moon is one of the largest moons in the solar system. It is even larger than the planet Pluto. In this picture, the Earth-moon system actually appears to be a double planet.
The bright, sunlit half of the Earth contrasts strongly with the darker subdued colors of the moon. The terminator (day-night-line) is much less sharp on earth because of athmospheric refraction (twilight).
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| current | 00:53, 27 January 2007 | 680×680 (33 KB) | Duesentrieb | (better resolution (original cropped), found at http://starryskies.com/The_sky/events/lunar-2003/multimedia.html) |
| 20:02, 2 December 2005 | 435×314 (5 KB) | PawełMM | (From 4 million miles away on December 16, 1992, NASA's robot spacecraft Galileo took this picture of the Earth-moon system. The bright, sunlit half of the Earth contrasts strongly with the darker subdued colors of the moon. Our moon is one of the largest ) |
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