Rosetta's View Of Earth

EARTH OBSERVATION

This image was recorded by Navigation Camera 1 at 12:47 UTC with an integration time of 0.02 second. Credits: ESA.

Paris (ESA) Mar 08, 2005
After skimming by the Earth at just 1954 km on 4 March 2005, Rosetta turned its Navigation Cameras back towards our home planet and recorded a series of black and white images.

These images were recorded by Navigation Camera 1 between 12:47 and 13:08 UTC, 5 March, with an integration time of between 0.01 and 0.05 seconds. The pictures show a field of view (FoV) of 4 degrees x 4 degrees.

At this time, Rosetta was flying away from the Earth having completed the closest-ever fly-by performed by an ESA mission the day before. On the bottom is Antarctica and above that South America can be seen. The coast lines are best visible in the first image.

EARTH OBSERVATION

Satellites Guide World's Top Yachts Through Southern Ocean 'Iceberg Alley'

Paris (SPX) Mar 08, 2005
Three of the world's largest and fastest yachts are in the midst of a non-stop trans-global race, hurtling in excess of 25 knots - 46 kilometres per hour - through the Southern Ocean encircling Antarctica. Iceberg collision is a real risk, but ice-sensitive radar satellites are monitoring the area to provide advance warning to crews.

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