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Twilight in Antarctica

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Twilight in Antarctica.
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Twilight in Antarctica, February 24, 2000. Nearly 15 times every 24 hours, the Terra spacecraft, traveling southward, crosses from day into night at high southern latitudes. This true-color image was taken by the most steeply forward looking camera of the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on board Terra. The Ross Ice Shelf and Transantarctic Mountains are illuminated by low Sun.

Photo credit: NASA/GSFC/JPL, MISR Science Team

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