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A Long Way from Home Feature Summary

Type:
From Physics Research
Title:
A Long Way from Home
Description:
This is the first image ever captured that shows the Earth and moon in the same frame. For an image containing Earth, the moon, and Saturn, see Pale Blue Orb.
Image:
image credit: NASA; <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_601.html" target="_blank">image source</a>; <a href="http://www.physicstogo.com/images/features/EarthMoonVlarge12-06-07.jpg" target="_blank">larger image</a>
image credit: NASA; image source; larger image
Image URL:
http://www.compadre.org/Informal/images/features/EarthMoonVlarge12-06-07.jpg
Featured:
December 16, 2007 - January 1, 2008