Earthrise

Muad Dib · Apr 14, 2008

Here's a HD video posted on Space.com of the first full-Earth Earthrise seen by Japan's Kuguya lunar probe.

http://www.space.com/php/video/player.php?video_id=080414-Kaguya

steve2^4 · Apr 14, 2008

the moon is rather lumpy...

oldfella1962 · Apr 14, 2008

November 2008 hasn't arrived yet. WTF?

BearTM · Apr 14, 2008

It says the movie was shot November 5, 2008.

oldfella1962 · Apr 14, 2008

I asked the same thing...maybe they use the Metric System.

Muad Dib · Apr 15, 2008

I read the article on the website and it said it was shot April 5.

Beauty Shot: Moon Probe Catches Full Earthrise
By Tariq Malik
Senior Editor
posted: 14 April 2008
2:38 pm ET

A Japanese spacecraft orbiting the moon has beamed back stunning footage of a round, blue Earth rising above the lunar horizon.

The high-definition video camera aboard Japan's lunar orbiter Kaguya caught the rare view of the full Earth as it rose above the moon's horizon on April 5, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) officials said in a recent statement after releasing a short video of the event.

"This is the first time that a high-[definition] image of the 'Full Earth-rise' has been captured from space," JAXA officials said.

The sun, Earth, moon and Kaguya have to line up just right in order to present a full, orb-like Earth to the spacecraft's camera, an arrangement that only occurs about twice a year, they added.

The three-ton Kaguya spacecraft recorded the rising Earth view from lunar orbit at a distance of about 236,121 miles (380,000 km) from its home planet.

The probe's high-definition television camera, which was provided by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK), has recorded an Earthrise before during a Nov. 7, 2007 orbit. But that pass caught a waning Earth, not the full, bright disc spotted on April 5, JAXA officials said.

Named after a moon princess in a Japanese folktale, Japan's Kaguya spacecraft launched toward the moon in September 2007 on a one-year mission to explore the lunar surface. JAXA officials have since said that the flight of Kaguya, also known as the SELenological and ENgineering Explorer (SELENE), may be extended.

The 55 billion-yen ($480 million) orbiter carries 14 science instruments, including the high-definition camera, to study the lunar surface from an altitude of about 62 miles (100 km). The probe has also successfully deployed two miniature satellites to map the moon's gravitational field.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080414-kaguya-full-earthrise.html
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Jamey Whistler · Apr 15, 2008

I'd love to see that on a bigger scale.

I couldn't help but hear Also Sprach Zarathustra as I was watching.

Dan Leach · Apr 15, 2008

Peter Octavian said: ↑

I'd love to see that on a bigger scale.
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Yeah, so much for high-def. The largest I've seen it so far is about 180x300 pixels...

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