NASA Photo ID: S90-55002           File Name: 10063799.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 12/18/90
  Title: Galileo spacecraft solid-state imaging system view of Antarctica
  Description:
  Galileo spacecraft solid-state imaging system view of Antarctica was taken 
  during its first encounter with the Earth.  This color picture of
  Antarctica  is part of a mosaic of pictures covering the entire polar
  continent showing  the Ross Ice Shelf and its border with the sea and
  mountains poking through  the ice near the McMurdo Station.  From top to
  bottom, the frame looks across  about half of Antarctica.  View provided by
  the Jet Propulsion Laboratory  (JPL) with alternate number P-37297.               
  
  Subject terms:
  ANTARCTIC REGIONS                       
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  FLYBY MISSIONS                          
  GALILEO SPACECRAFT
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