PIA00074: Antarctica - Ross Ice Shelf

Target Name: Earth Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun) Mission: Galileo Spacecraft: Galileo Orbiter Instrument: Solid-State Imaging Product Size: 427 samples x 754 lines Produced By: JPL Producer ID: P37297 Addition Date: 1996-01-29 Primary Data Set: Galileo EDRs Full-Res TIFF: PIA00074.tif (657.6 kB) Full-Res JPEG: PIA00074.jpg (28.73 kB)

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Original Caption Released with Image: This color picture of Antarctica is one part of a mosaic of pictures covering the entire polar continent taken during the hours following Galileo's historic first encounter with its home planet. The view shows the Ross Ice Shelf to the right and its border with the sea. An occasional mountain can be seen poking through the ice near the McMurdo Station. It is late spring in Antarctica, so the sun never sets on the frigid, icy continent. This picture was taken about 6:20 p.m. PST on December 8, 1990. From top to bottom, the frame looks across about half of Antarctica. Image Credit: NASA/JPL Image Addition Date: 1996-01-29