عکس استثنایی از زمین و ماه از فاصله ی دور

آیا تا به حال به این اندیشیده اید که زمین و ماه از فاصله دور چگونه به نظر میرسند؟ این عکس فوق العاده را حدود سه ماه پیش ربات فضایی Messenger در نزدیکترین فاصله اش از خورشید و از نزدیکی سیاره تیر از زمین و ماه گرفته است

Earth and Moon from MESSENGER
Credit: NASA/JHU APL/CIW

Explanation: What does Earth look like from the planet Mercury? The robotic spacecraft MESSENGER found out as it looked toward the Earth during its closest approach to the Sun about three months ago. The Earth and Moon are visible as the double spot on the lower left of the above image. Now MESSENGER was not at Mercury when it took the above image, but at a location from which the view would be similar. From Mercury, both the Earth and its comparatively large moon will always appear as small circles of reflected sunlight and will never show a crescentMercury three times since being launched in 2004, and is scheduled to enter orbit around the innermost planet in March of 2011. phase. MESSENGER has zipped right by

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