Moonrise over Earth, ISS image is a photograph by Science Photo Library which was uploaded on March 7th, 2014.
Moonrise over Earth, ISS image
Moonrise over Earth. Composite of three images of the Full Moon, obscured and distorted by Earth's atmosphere, as seen from the International Space... more
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Moonrise over Earth, ISS image
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Science Photo Library
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Moonrise over Earth. Composite of three images of the Full Moon, obscured and distorted by Earth's atmosphere, as seen from the International Space Station (ISS). The blue haze is Earth's atmosphere, which fades out into space around 100 kilometres above the surface. The Moon has a diameter of 3475 kilometres, and orbits the Earth at a distance of around 385,000 kilometres. The ISS orbits at an altitude of around 350 kilometres above the Earth. Photographed by an Expedition 32 crew member on 1 August 2012.
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March 7th, 2014
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