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Earth - India and Australia
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Caption:
This color image of the Earth was obtained by the Galileo spacecraft on Dec. 11, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.5 million miles from the Earth. The color composite used images taken through the red, green and violet filters. India is near the top of the picture, and Australia is to the right of center. The white, sunlit continent of Antarctica is below. Picturesque weather fronts are visible in the South Pacific, lower right. This is a frame of the Galileo Earth spin movie, a 500-frame time-lapse motion picture showing a 25-hour period of Earth's rotation and atmospheric dynamics.
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Earth | |
| System | Earth | |
| Target Type | Earth | |
| Mission | Galileo | |
| Instrument Host | Galileo Orbiter | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Solid-State Imaging (SSI) | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Atmosphere, Color, Rotation | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 1996-02-08 | |
| Date in Caption | 1990-12-11 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00122 | |
| Identifier | PIA00122 | |
