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From seeing the Earth as a flat surface to discovering its true shape, closer to an oblate spheroid, humans’ perception of the size and shape of our home planet has evolved over the centuries. The National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) has shared photos of planet Earth taken from various locations in space. Take a look at NASA’s Earth photos taken from distances ranging from 100 miles to 100 million miles.

Photos of Earth by NASA

NASA took a picture of the Earth with the Moon.

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NASA took a picture of the Earth with the Moon. (NASA)

This ‘family portrait’ of the Moon and Earth was taken by the Galileo spacecraft in 1992. The image was obtained by modifying photographs taken through visible and near-infrared filters.

The dark side of the Moon was photographed by NASA

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The dark side of the Moon was photographed by NASA (NASA)

The rare image of the Moon transiting Earth was taken by NASA’s Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) on board the Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite. The image shows the rarely visible ‘dark side’ of the Moon as it passes in front of the sunlit side of Earth.

View of the Earth from the Moon.

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View of the Earth from the Moon. (NASA)

This unique view of Earth was captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The orbiter was launched in 2009. According to NASA, the LRO captures images of Earth rising about 12 times per day.

View of Earth from Saturn's rings.

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View of Earth from Saturn’s rings. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)

The giant blue planet appears as a bright blue dot from Saturn. This photo was taken from 898 million miles away. The blue dot indicated by the arrow is Earth, while the Moon appears to the right in the image. The Cassini-Huygens mission was ended in 2017, and was a joint effort of NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Italian Space Agency.

In the photo taken from the planet Mercury, the Earth and the Moon appear as small circles of light.

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In the photo taken from the planet Mercury, the Earth and the Moon appear as small circles of light. (NASA/John Hopkins)

The image shows the Moon and Earth as small circles of reflected light from a distance equivalent to the view from the planet Mercury. The image was taken by the Messenger robotic spacecraft, which was launched in 2004. Its mission ended in 2015.

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Published: July 11, 2024, 01:14 PM IST

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