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Image Credit: ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center
Astronaut photograph ISS027-E-12224 was acquired on April 12, 2011, with a Nikon D3S digital camera using a 50 mm lens, and is provided by the ISS Crew Earth Observations experiment and Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, Johnson Space Center. Read more on NASA Visible Earth
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Orbital and rotational characteristics of our planet Earth
Category: Earth
Our planet Earth rotates around its axis from west to east. An axis isĀ an imaginary lineĀ that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.Ā If you look on the Earth from theĀ northern hemisphere,Ā it rotates counter clockwise. One complete rotation around its own axis relativeĀ to the SunĀ is calle
Article by: Viliam OružinskĆ½, Andrej FaÅ”ung | 2018 February 01 | 5078 views