Moon Transit of Earth Video

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  • A composite video created by NASA from images sent back to Earth via the Deep Impact robotic spacecraft shows the Moon passing in front of the Earth from 31 million miles away.MSNBC: Alien's-Eye View of Earth (July 17, 2008) (Time: 0:42)
  • Deep Impact Looks Back

    In 2005, the Deep Impact spacecraft fired an impactor at Comet Tempel 1 and studied the resulting debris. However, the spacecraft remained functional beyond its original mission, and scientists have since used it to image the Earth. Scientists hope that by studying the Earth from far away, they can discover what to look for when looking at extrasolar planets from Earth.MSNBC: Probe Sends Alien's-Eye View of Earth (July 17, 2008)

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