Rosetta: Earth's True Colors
November 21, 2007
After its closest approach to Earth, Rosetta looked back and took a number of images using the OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera (NAC). This particular image was acquired November 15, 2007 at 03:30 CET.
The image is a colour composite of the NAC Orange, Green and Blue filters.
At the bottom, the continent of Australia can be seen clearly.
Topics:
Optical filters, Spaceflight, Space exploration, Australia, Environment, Photographic filter, Filter, Osiris, Rosetta, Cassini–Huygens, European Space Agency
