Earth and Moon as Viewed by Mariner 10 is a photograph by Nasa which was uploaded on June 23rd, 2020.
Title
Earth and Moon as Viewed by Mariner 10
Artist
Nasa
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Mariner 10 was launched on November 3, 1973, 12:45 am PST, from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas/Centaur rocket (a reconditioned Intercontinental Ballistic Missile - ICBM). Within 12 hours of launch the twin cameras were turned on and several hundred pictures of both the Earth and the Moon were acquired over the following days. The Earth and Moon were imaged by Mariner 10 from 2.6 million km while completing the first ever Earth-Moon encounter by a spacecraft capable of returning high resolution digital color image data. These images have been combined at right to illustrate the relative sizes of the two bodies. From this particular viewpoint the Earth appears to be a water planet!
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June 23rd, 2020
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