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.

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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