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Rosetta: Earth's True Colours
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 22, 2007 True colour images of Earth as seen by Rosetta's OSIRIS camera are now available. The pictures were taken on 13 November during the swing-by, and on 15 November, as Rosetta left on its way to the outer Solar System, after the swing-by. After its closest approach to Earth, Rosetta looked back and took a number of images using the Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) Narrow Angle Camera (NAC). This particular image was acquired 15 November 2007 at 03:30 CET. The image above is a colour composite of the NAC orange, green and blue filters. At the bottom, the continent of Australia can be seen clearly. During the swing-by, OSIRIS observed Earth's night-side. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links ESA's comet chaser: Rosetta Earth Observation News - Suppiliers, Technology and Application
TRMM Turns Ten - Studying Precipitation From Space
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Nov 21, 2007Earth: water planet. Oceans, rivers, aquifers, rain: these and many other features describe the hydrologic anatomy of Earth's thin, life-supporting layers of upper crust and lower atmosphere. How it works-that is, how water circulates, behaves, and interacts is much harder to determine. |
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