NASA Photo ID: S90-55752           File Name: 10063800.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5                     Date Taken: 12/31/90
  Title: Antarctica obtained from a mosaic of 11 images taken by Galileo spacecraft
  Description:
  Galileo spacecraft image of the Earth recorded after completing its first 
  Earth Gravity Assist.  This image of Antarctica was obtained from a mosaic
  of  11 images taken during a ten minute period near 5:45 pm Pacific
  Standard Time  (PST) 12-08-90 by the Galileo spacecraft imaging system. 
  Red, green, and  violet filters were used.  The picture spans about 1,600
  miles across the  south polar latitudes of our planet.  The morning
  day/night terminator is  toward the right.  The South Pole is out of sight
  below the picture; the  visible areas of Antarctica are those lying
  generally south of South America.  The violet-blue envelope of Earth's
  atmosphere is prominent along the limb to  the left.  At lower left, the
  dark blue Amundsen Sea lies to the left of the  Walgreen and Bakutis
  Coasts.  Beyond it, Peter Island reacts with the winds  to produce a
  striking pattern of atmospheric waves.  Photo provided by the  Jet
  Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with alternate number P-37340, 12-19-90.         
  
  Subject terms:
  ANTARCTIC REGIONS                       
  EARTH (PLANET)                          
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  FLYBY MISSIONS                          
  GALILEO SPACECRAFT                      
  

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