- Original Caption Released with Image:
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This composite image of Earth and Mars was created to allow viewers
to gain a better understanding of the relative sizes of the two planets.
The Earth image was acquired from the Galileo orbiter
at about 6:10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Dec. 11, 1990, when the
spacecraft was about 1.3 million miles from the planet during the first of
two Earth flybys on its way to Jupiter. The Mars image was
acquired by the Mars Global Surveyor in April of 1999.
- Image Credit:
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NASA/JPL
Image Addition Date:
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2000-11-03
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