Earth - Galileo
Color image of the Simpson Desert in Australia on Earth
Galileo color composite image of the Simpson Desert in
south-central Australia. At lower left is seasonal
Lake Eyre, the lowest point in Australia, which is
nearly dry at the time this image was taken.
At lower right is the greenish Lake Blanche.
The image was taken about 2 hours after Galileo's
closest approach to Earth on 8 December 1990
from 56,000 km. The image is roughly 450 km wide
by 550 km high and was produced by combining
exposures taken through the red, green, and
violet filters.
(Galileo, P-37331)
Earth
Galileo Mission
