On rare occasions, the Earth and Moon are photographed together.
One of most spectacular times this occurred was 25 years ago this month when the Jupiter-bound Galileo spacecraft zoomed past our home planetary system.
Then, robotic Galileo watched from about 15-times the Earth-Moon separation as our only natural satellite glided past our home world.
The featured video combines 52 historic color-enhanced images.
Although our Moon may appear small next to the Earth, no other planet in our Solar System has a satellite so comparable in size .
The Sun, far off to the right, illuminated about half of each sphere, and shows the spinning Earth's white clouds, blue oceans, and tan continents.
Tonight, a nearly full Oak supermoon will be visible from all of Earth from sunset to sunrise.
Media Credits & Attribution
** Images Credit: ** NASA, JPL, Galileo Project;
- Processing & License: * Gordan Ugarkovic