Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
Title:
Earth - Antarctica Mosaic
Original Caption Released with Image:
This color picture of the limb of the Earth, looking north past Antarctica, is a mosaic of 11 images taken during a ten-minute period near 5:45 p.m. PST Dec. 8, 1990, by Galileo's imaging system. Red, green and violet filters were used. The picture spans about 1,600 miles across the south polar latitudes of our planet. The morning day/night terminator is toward the right. The South Pole is out of sight below the picture; the visible areas of Antarctica are those lying generally south of South America. The violet-blue envelope of Earth's atmosphere is prominent along the limb to the left. At lower left, the dark blue Amundsen Sea lies to the left of the Walgreen and Bakutis Coasts. Beyond it, Peter Island reacts with the winds to produce a striking pattern of atmospheric waves.
Addition Date:
1996-02-01
Produced By:
JPL
Mission:
Galileo
Spacecraft:
Galileo Orbiter
Target Name:
Earth
Is a satellite of:
Sol (our sun)
Instrument:
Solid-State Imaging
Product Size:
1378 samples x 458 lines
Primary Data Set:
Galileo EDRs
Producer ID:
P37340
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Galileo
facet_what:
Galileo Orbiter
facet_what:
Solid-State Imaging
facet_what:
Polar
facet_where:
Amundsen Sea
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
Image #:
PIA00116
UID:
SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00116
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Earth - Antarctica Mosaic