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Breathtaking image of Earth rising over the Moon in HD »

Posted by: Wil 9 months, 4 weeks ago

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This still image was cut out from a moving image wide shot taken by the HDTV onboard the KAGUYA at 2:52 p.m. on November 7, 2007 JST then sent to the JAXA Usuda Deep Space Center. In the image, the Moon's surface is near the North Pole, and the Arabian Peninsula and Indian Ocean can be observed on the Earth.

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pagey9 months, 4 weeks ago

Wow, very cool pictures, they shot it in HD, why cant I get a Hi-res photo to use as wallpaper. When you open the picture up it seems a bit blurry.
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avpd859 months, 4 weeks ago

Awesome pics. :D
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starshinediva9 months, 3 weeks ago

Gorgeous!! The second one is now my desktop background!
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