The Earth and Moon from Mars
Explanation:
What does
Earth look like from
Mars?
The
first image of Earth from the red planet was
captured earlier this month by the camera onboard the
Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft currently orbiting Mars.
Features
visible on Earth include the
Pacific Ocean,
clouds,
much of
South America, and part of
North America.
Earth's Moon
is visible on the upper right, with the
crater Tycho
brightening the lower part.
Previously, Earth has been
imaged from the Moon and
spacecraft
across
the
Solar
System.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
