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The images are either visible spectrum photographs, images taken at non-visible wavelengths and displayed in false color, video footage, animations, artist's conceptions, or micrographs that relate to space or cosmology. Past images are stored in the APOD Archive, with the first image appearing on June 16, 1995. [3]
The Day the Earth Smiled is a composite photograph taken by the NASA spacecraft Cassini on July 19, 2013. During an eclipse of the Sun , the spacecraft turned to image Saturn and most of its visible ring system , as well as Earth and the Moon as distant pale dots.
Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of Earth taken on February 14, 1990, by the Voyager 1 space probe from an unprecedented distance of approximately 6 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles, 40.5 AU), as part of that day's Family Portrait series of images of the Solar System.
The Independent’s picture editors bring you the best photography from all corners of the planet. ... Rugby, outer space and the Day of the Dead. Alan Hamilton. November 3, 2023 at 11:22 AM.
The James Webb Space Telescope isn't the only NASA mission ... these dark patches on the Sun are known as coronal holes and are regions where fast solar wind gushes out into space. pic.twitter.com ...
The US space agency tweeted the image to mark the day that Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is at its closest point to Earth, known as its perigee. ... Space photographer captures stunning images of green comet.
This file was the picture of the day on August 20, 2006. This is a featured picture on Wikimedia Commons (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. This image has been assessed under the valued image criteria and is considered the most valued image on Commons within the scope Earth from space.
First image of Earth from another astronomical object (the Moon) and first picture of both Earth and the Moon from space. [32] [33] [34] [7] [19] December 11, 1966 ATS-1: First picture of both Earth and the Moon from the Earth's orbit. [35] First full-disk pictures of the Earth from a geostationary orbit. [35] [image needed] January 1967