PIA00123: Earth - Pacific Ocean
Target Name: Earth
Is a satellite of: Sol (our sun)
Mission: Galileo
Spacecraft: Galileo Orbiter
Instrument: Solid-State Imaging
Product Size: 800 samples x 800 lines
Produced By: JPL
Producer ID: P37385
Addition Date: 1996-01-29
Primary Data Set: Galileo EDRs
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Original Caption Released with Image:
This color image of the Earth was obtained by the Galileo spacecraft early Dec. 12, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.6 million miles from the Earth. The color composite used images taken through the red, green and violet filters. The Pacific Ocean covers virtually all of the visible disk of the Earth in this picture. The glint of the Sun reflected from smooth water is near the center. This is a frame of the Galileo Earth spin movie, a 500-frame time-lapse motion picture showing a 25-hour period of Earths rotation and atmospheric dynamics.
Image Credit:
NASA/JPL

Image Addition Date:
1996-01-29