FIGURE 1. View of the Earth and the Moon captured by the satellite Juno on its way to Jupiter on August 26th 2011 . The satellite was approximately 6 million miles away when the picture was taken. [5]
FIGURE 2. Image of the Earth and the Moon captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The Image was taken on October 3rd 2007. In this image the Earth is 142 million km from Mars. There is a shadow on the Earth and the Moon because the image was taken at 98 degrees from the Sun in relation to the position of the Earth. [6]
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