They were taken from the satellite’s position between the sun and Earth at a distance of about 1,609,344 kilometers. The images that were used to produce the gif were taken by the Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) aboard the NASA/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR). Now, NASA has just released an amazing ‘animated gif’ (see above) that shows the moon as it moves across of the sunlit side of Earth. space agency, has provided the world with spectacular images of our planet, solar system and universe. Since the beginning of the space age more than 50 years ago, NASA, the U.S. This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope, and the Earth.
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