
This view of the Earth shows a wonderfully unique but physically impossible view of the southern hemisphere and Antarctica. While a spacecraft could find itself directly over the Earth pole, roughly half of the image should be in darkness!
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NASA ID
PIA00729
Date Created
September 10, 1997
Center
JPL
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image
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