File:Earth-Moon System.jpg

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English: From 4 million miles away on December 16, 1992, NASA's robot spacecraft Galileo took this picture of the Earth-moon system. Our moon is one of the largest moons in the solar system. It is even larger than the planet Pluto. In this picture, the Earth-moon system actually appears to be a double planet. The bright, sunlit half of the Earth contrasts strongly with the darker subdued colors of the moon. The terminator (day-night-line) is much less sharp on earth because of atmospheric refraction (twilight).

Date

16 December 1992

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http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/pia00134

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	14:45, 3 August 2012	704 × 668 (20 KB)	Prof. Professorson	Losslessly cropped using jpegtran.
	14:32, 3 August 2012	1,572 × 1,580 (52 KB)	Prof. Professorson	Full resolution, from http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/pia00134.
	00:53, 27 January 2007	680 × 680 (33 KB)	Duesentrieb	better resolution (original cropped), found at http://starryskies.com/The_sky/events/lunar-2003/multimedia.html
	20:02, 2 December 2005	435 × 314 (5 KB)	PawełMM	From 4 million miles away on December 16, 1992, NASA's robot spacecraft Galileo took this picture of the Earth-moon system. The bright, sunlit half of the Earth contrasts strongly with the darker subdued colors of the moon. Our moon is one of the largest