NASA Photo ID: S90-55750 File Name: 10063798.jpg
Film Type: 4x5 Date Taken: 12/31/90
Title: Multispectral map of Australia taken by Galileo spacecraft NIMS
Description:
Galileo spacecraft image of the Earth was recorded after completing its
first Earth Gravity Assist. Multispectral map of Australia was obtained
by Galileo's Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) from about 50,000
miles. Photo provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with the
alternate number P-37356.
Subject terms:
AUSTRALIA
EARTH (PLANET)
EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)
FLYBY MISSIONS
GALILEO SPACECRAFT
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