NASA scientists used computers and color to create this image of the Moon and Earth. In December of 1992, the Galileo spacecraft took the original photographs necessary to create this one image. The original photographs were taken in a variety of spectra from visible to near infrared.
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This is the Earth and Moon seen from space. In December of 1992, the Galileo spacecraft took several photographs used to create this one image.
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This is the Earth and the Moon. The image comes from several photographs taken by the Galileo spacecraft.
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