Illuminated Crescent


Illuminated crescent of Earth showing part of South America and Antarctica, image courtesy of ESA

Illuminated crescent of Earth showing part of South America and Antarctica, image courtesy of ESA

A beautiful image of home from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft:

The image above shows the illuminated crescent of Earth showing part of South America and Antarctica. This OSIRIS image was acquired with the the narrow-angle camera from a distance of 350 000 km at 22:28 UTC last night. The resolution is 6.5 km/pixel.

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