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View of Earth from MESSENGER

This image of Earth was captured by the MESSENGER spacecraft during a flyby of our home planet on August 2, 2005. Parts of South and North America were in view.


Image courtesy NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Carnegie Institution of Washington. Caption by Rebecca Lindsey.

Published May 8, 2009
Data acquired August 2, 2005

Source:
MESSENGER
Collection:
Earth from Afar