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11/13/2009


Crescent Earth

Earth

On its third swing by Earth to obtain enough gravitational force to send it beyond Mars where it will rendezvous with a comet in 2014, the European Space Agency craft Rosetta shot this image. Earth's south pole is in sunlight.

(via wired)

Posted 8:43 AM EST by Andy Towle in News, Space | Permalink


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  1. stop this thing. I want to get off

    Posted by: hall | Nov 13, 2009 9:17:01 AM


  2. "this is the world to love; there is no other..."

    Posted by: bgb808 | Nov 13, 2009 9:31:09 AM



  3. Great shot! but, One question how come the nightside shows no cities at all? for all the energy we use you think we would see something!

    Posted by: darrell | Nov 14, 2009 2:08:11 PM


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