NEAR image of the day for 2000 Oct 05
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The Horizon from Low Orbit NEAR Shoemaker caught this spectacular view of Eros' horizon just after local sunrise on August 21, 2000, while the spacecraft was orbiting 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the asteroid. The large dark region at the lower left is the shadowy inside of a crater. The bright spots in the distance (upper right) are the sunlit faces of boulders.
(Mosaic of images 0142230775, 014230775)
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Built and managed by The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, NEAR-Shoemaker was the first spacecraft launched in NASA's Discovery Program of low-cost, small-scale planetary missions. See the NEAR web site for more details. Feedback to Scott Murchie. Scott.Murchie@jhuapl.edu.