NASA Photo ID: S90-55756           File Name: 10063801.jpg
  Film Type: 4x5 BW                  Date Taken: 12/31/90
  Title: Earth taken by Galileo after completing its first Earth Gravity Assist
  Description:
  Near-infrared photograph of Earth was taken by Galileo spacecraft at 6:07
  am  Pacific Standard Time (PST), 12-11-90, at a range of about 1.32 million 
  miles.  Camera used light with a wavelength of 1 micron, which easily 
  penetrates atmospheric hazes and enhances the brightness of land surfaces.  
  South America is prominent near the center; at the top, the East Coast of
  the  United States, including Florida is visible.  The West Coast of Africa
  is  visible on the horizon at right.  Photo provided by the Jet Propulsion 
  Laboratory (JPL) with alternate number P-37328, 12-19-90.              
  
  Subject terms:
  AFRICA                                  
  EARTH (PLANET)                          
  EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)         
  FLYBY MISSIONS                          
  GALILEO SPACECRAFT                      
  NORTH AMERICA                           
  SOUTH AMERICA                           
  

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