Beautiful new Earthrise and Earthset movies from Kaguya

Written by
Emily Lakdawalla
April 11, 2008
JAXA and NHK have just released a new pair of videos from the high-definition television camera aboard Kaguya, of an Earthrise and Earthset with a near-full Earth. I grabbed individual frames from the movies to make the animations below, but you can visit the JAXA website to see smooth Flash versions of both movies.
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