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Earth - Pacific Ocean Target Name:   Earth Spacecraft:   Galileo Produced by:   NASA/JPL Copyright:  Copyright Free Cross Reference:   PIA00123 Date Released:  1996-01-29 Related Document Earth Introduction Download Options Name Type Width x Height Size earth3.jpg JPEG 613 x 613 81K PIA00123.tif TIFF 800 x 800 638K This color image of the Earth was obtained by the Galileo spacecraft early Dec. 12, 1990, when the spacecraft was about 1.6 million miles from the Earth. The color composite used images taken through the red, green and violet filters. The Pacific Ocean covers virtually all of the visible disk of the Earth in this picture. The glint of the Sun reflected from smooth water is near the center. This is a frame of the Galileo Earth spin movie, a 500-frame time-lapse motion picture showing a 25-hour period of Earths rotation and atmospheric dynamics.

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