Earth and Moon from Mercury

Looking back from its orbit around Mercury, MESSENGER captured this view of Earth and the Moon on May 6, 2010.

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NASA image provided by the MESSENGER science team, NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington. Caption by Mike Carlowicz.

Published September 9, 2010
Data acquired May 6, 2010

Source:

MESSENGER

Collection:

Earth from Afar