SMART-1 Earthrise

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The SMART-1 lunar probe, a European Space Agency mission, captured this sequence of images as the Earth disappeared behind the moon and then re-emerged. The prominent landform is Brazil.

ESA/SMART-1/AMIE

Copyright holder: Bill Dunford

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about August 29, 2006