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Earth setting image shot by the HDTV onboard the Kaguya. | Photo: (c) JAXA/NHK |
Kaguya captures ‘earth-rise’ in high definition
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NHK have successfully taken the world’s first high-definition images of an “earth-rise” with the lunar explorer “Kaguya,” JAXA announced in a press release on Tuesday.
The Kaguya, initially injected into a lunar orbit on October 18, 2007, successfully shot high-definition images of the Earth-rise showing an impressive image of the blue Earth which was the only floating object in pitch-dark space. These are the world’s first high-definition earth images, taken from about 380,000 km away from the earth.
The image taking was performed by the Kaguya’s onboard high definition television (HDTV) for space use developed by NHK, while the moving image data acquired by the Kaguya was received at the JAXA Usuda Deep Space Center, and then processed by NHK.
The satellite was confirmed to be in good health through telemetry data received at the Usuda station, according to JAXA’s press release.
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While low-cost carriers have since long been successfully operating throughout the U.S., Europe, and southern Asia, Japan has seen very little of the low-price action.
Thank you so much JAXA and NHK for showing these beautiful pictures.
I also caught some of the shots on CNN.
I hope you will be able to release more for viewing.
Thank you, again.