Earth and Moon as viewed from Mars

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Earth and Moon as viewed from Mars

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This is the first image of Earth ever taken from another planet that actually shows our home as a planetary disk. Because Earth and the Moon are closer to the Sun than Mars, they exhibit phases, just as the Moon, Venus, & Mercury do when viewed from Earth
NASA/JPL/Malin Space Science Systems

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22/05/2003
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Location

California Institute of Technology - Jet Propulsion Laboratory34.20139, -118.17341
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NASA
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Public Domain Dedication (CC0)

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