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Clementine Images of Earth and Moon
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Caption:
During its flight and lunar orbit, the Clementine spacecraft returned images of the planet Earth and the Moon. This collection of UVVIS camera Clementine images shows the Earth from the Moon and 3 images of the Earth.
The image on the left shows the Earth as seen across the lunar north pole; the large crater in the foreground is Plaskett. The Earth actually appeared about twice as far above the lunar horizon as shown. The top right image shows the Earth as viewed by the UVVIS camera while Clementine was in transit to the Moon; swirling white cloud patterns indicate storms. The two views of southeastern Africa were acquired by the UVVIS camera while Clementine was in low Earth orbit early in the mission
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Earth | |
| System | Earth | |
| Target Type | Earth | |
| Mission | Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE) | |
| Instrument Host | Clementine | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Ultraviolet/Visible Camera | |
| Detector | ||
| Extra Keywords | Atmosphere, Color, Crater, Moon, Storm, Ultraviolet | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 1999-06-12 | |
| Date in Caption | ||
| Image Credit | NASA/JPL/USGS | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00432 | |
| Identifier | PIA00432 | |
