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After its closest approach to Earth, the ESA’s Rosetta satellite looked back and took a number of images using the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera. This particular image was acquired 15 November 2007 at 03:30 CET.

The image is a colour composite of the NAC Orange, Green and Blue filters.

At the bottom, the continent of Australia can be seen clearly.

Wander around the ESA Earth Images website. Some beautiful images.



  1. tchamp2 says:

    Very nice pictures.

  2. turkey101 says:

    “At the bottom, the continent of Australia can be seen clearly”

    Clearly back-to-front!

  3. rollchan says:

    Thanks for this post Eideard!

  4. green says:

    Awww, someone’s still trying to prove the earth’s round. How cute.

  5. Glenn E says:

    All those tax dollars spend to give us another cloudy view of Australia, South Africa, or South America. We should start charging them for the snaps. We never seem to see the north hemisphere in these photos. Are we sure that we even exist? I saw little in this pic to get impressed about. A lot of clouds, and a rust colored subcontinent.


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