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The night side of the Earth at 12:30 UTC on January 14.

The night side of the Earth at 12:30 UTC on January 14.
The night side of the Earth at 12:30 UTC on January 14. Green Bank has rotated out of view from Huygens. The real-time detection telescope is Parkes (red cross) in Australia. Near Parkes are Hobart (south), Mopra (adjacent), and Ceduna (west). In the north, telescopes at Kashima, Jepan, and Shanghai, China also tracked Huygens. Emily Lakdawalla (created using John Walker's <a href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html">Earth and Moon Viewer</a>)