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images credit: NASA, JPL, Galileo Project; processing & license: Gordan Ugarkovic



on rare occasions, the Earth and Moon are photographed together

one of most spectacular times this occurred was 25 years ago in december when the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft zoomed past our home planetary system

then, robotic Galileo watched from about 15-times the Earth-Moon separation as our only natural satellite glided past our home world

the featured video combines 52 historic color-enhanced images

although our Moon may appear small next to the Earth, no other planet in our Solar System has a satellite so comparable in size

the Sun, far off to the right, illuminated about half of each sphere, and shows the spinning Earth's white clouds, blue oceans, and tan continents

































in apod.nasa.gov/apod