ESA satellite ?Rosetta? rushed past the earth for the third and last time since its start in 2004 on 13 November 2009. The picture shows the earth from a distance of 633,000 km. The outline of Antarctica is visible under the south-polar cloud whirl, pack ice reflects the sunlight. The picture?s resolution is 12 km per pixel. The probe is on its way to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenk
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ESA satellite ?Rosetta? rushed past the earth for the third and last time since its start in 2004 on 13 November 2009. The picture shows the earth from a distance of 633, 000 km. The outline of Antarctica is visible under the south-polar cloud whirl, pack ice reflects the sunlight. The picture?s resolution is 12 km per pixel. The probe is on its way to the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko which it is scheduled to reach in 2014. There, it will for the first time release a lander on the comet. The probe used the gravitation of the earth to accelerate its speed to 48, 000 km/hour. Photo: ESA ©2009 MPS for OSIRIS Team MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA