The Earth and Moon from 39.5 million Miles Distant

The Earth and Moon from 39.5 million Miles Distant
On January 17, 2018, the NASA OSIRIS-REx spacecraft snapped this photo of Earth and the Moon from a distance of 39.5 million miles, slightly less than half the distance of the Sun. Note the Pleiades star cluster at the top left. Image credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona/Lockheed Martin
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Scott MacNeill
Entry Date:
Jan 26, 2018
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