The
Chinese government has recently released a new photo giving viewers a
rare look at the far-side of the moon with Earth visible at the bottom
right.
The image was captured by a camera aboard the Chinese
DSLWP-B/Longjiang-2 satellite on February 4. The photo was downloaded at
the slow speed of less than one kilobyte per minute through the Dutch
Dwingeloo Radio Telescope.
"Downloading these 16 kilobytes took almost 20 minutes. We did
color-correct the original," said one of the telescope operators, Tammo Jan
Dijkema, on Twitter.
China made history last month when the
Chang'e 4 lunar rover touched down on the far side of the moon. Since
then, the rover has been giving scientists an unprecedented close look
at the mysterious and seldom-seen part of our lunar neighbour. The
mission objective is to document the far side of the moon and study the
geology near the landing site.
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