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Puerto
Rico
The island of Puerto Rico. San Juan, the capital, is
on the coast on the far right, adjacent to the large
harbor area. Note the sediment runoff from rivers and
the central mountain range. |
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MIR Space
Station in Orbit
The MIR space station seen against the face of the
Earth. MIR is in an orbit about 400 kilometers above
the Earth and can be seen from many location on Earth
that have a north or south latitude of less than 60
degrees. |
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Gibbous-Phased
Earth
View of the gibbous-phased Earth, probably looking
at South America with the western tip of Africa visible
at upper right. |
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View from
the Galileo Spacecraft
View from the Galileo spacecraft (on its way to Jupiter)
of the Earth and Moon. Since the Sun is in the same
direction relative to each, the phases of the Earth
and Moon are similar. |
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View of the
Sun from the Clementine Spacecraft
A view of the Sun about to rise from behind the Moon.
The solar corona (outer layer of the Sun) is visible.
The near side of the Moon would be dark (since the
Sun is on the other side) except that the right side
of the Moon is lit by Earthshine. Earthshine is sunlight
reflected off of Earth that illuminates
the Moon. |
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View of the
Earth from the Clementine Spacecraft
View of the full Earth above the surface of the Moon
taken by the Clementine spacecraft near the Moon. The
African continent can be seen on the Earth. |
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