File:View of Earth from MESSENGER.jpg
From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Size of this preview: 800 × 550 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 220 pixels | 640 × 440 pixels | 990 × 681 pixels.
Original file (990 × 681 pixels, file size: 381 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
File information
Structured data
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionView of Earth from MESSENGER.jpg |
English: The MESSENGER probe did a flyby of Earth, whipping around the planet at an altitude (at closest approach) of 2,348 kilometers (1,459 miles) and a maximum speed (relative to the ground) of nearly 11 kilometers per second (7 miles per second). This tremendous distance and speed meant that MESSENGER could provide no more than a fleeting glimpse of the Earth below, but the view’s unique perspective makes it worth sharing. This image shows the Pacific Ocean in the center, South America on the right and North America on the left. Smoke from fires in the Amazon obscured the lush vegetation of the rainforest, while just left of the apex of the globe, Tropical Storm Harvey was taking shape in the Atlantic Ocean. |
Date | |
Source | NASA Earth Observatory |
Author | Image courtesy NASA, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and Carnegie Institution of Washington. |
Instrument: MESSENGER
Licensing
[edit]Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse |
This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.) | ||
Warnings:
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 12:49, 23 May 2009 | 990 × 681 (381 KB) | Originalwana (talk | contribs) | {{Information |Description={{en|1=The MESSENGER probe did a flyby of Earth, whipping around the planet at an altitude (at closest approach) of 2,348 kilometers (1,459 miles) and a maximum speed (relative to the ground) of nearly 11 kilometers per second ( |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
There are no pages that use this file.
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on ar.wikipedia.org
- Usage on en.wikipedia.org
- Usage on en.wikiquote.org
- Usage on es.wikipedia.org
- Usage on et.wikipedia.org
- Usage on fr.wikipedia.org
- Usage on hr.wikipedia.org
- Usage on zh.wikipedia.org
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
_error | 0 |
---|
Hidden category: