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This is an image of Antarctica taken by Galileo on December 8, 1990. This is the first picture of the whole Antarctic continent taken nearly at once from space. Galileo was about 200,000 kilometers (125,000 miles) from Earth when the pictures were taken. (Courtesy Calvin J. Hamilton, NASA/JPL)
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This is an image of Antarctica taken by Galileo on December 8, 1990. This is the first picture of the whole Antarctic continent taken nearly at once from space. Galileo was about 200,000 kilometers (125,000 miles) from Earth when the pictures were taken. (Courtesy Calvin J. Hamilton, NASA/JPL) JPL

This is an image of Antarctica taken by Galileo on December 8, 1990. This is the first picture of the whole Antarctic continent taken nearly at once from space. Galileo was about 200,000 kilometers (125,000 miles) from Earth when the pictures were taken. (Courtesy Calvin J. Hamilton, NASA/JPL) JPL

This is an image of Antarctica taken by Galileo on December 8, 1990. This is the first picture of the whole Antarctic continent taken nearly at once from space. Galileo was about 200,000 kilometers (125,000 miles) from Earth when the pictures were taken. (Courtesy Calvin J. Hamilton, NASA/JPL) JPL

This is an image of Antarctica taken by Galileo on December 8, 1990. This is the first picture of the whole Antarctic continent taken nearly at once from space. Galileo was about 200,000 kilometers (125,000 miles) from Earth when the pictures were taken. (Courtesy Calvin J. Hamilton, NASA/JPL)
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This is an image of Antarctica taken by Galileo on December 8, 1990. This is the first picture of the whole Antarctic continent taken nearly at once from space. Galileo was about 200,000 kilometers (125,000 miles) from Earth when the pictures were taken. (Courtesy Calvin J. Hamilton, NASA/JPL)
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This is an image of Antarctica taken by Galileo on December 8, 1990. This is the first picture of the whole Antarctic continent taken nearly at once from space. Galileo was about 200,000 kilometers (125,000 miles) from Earth when the pictures were taken. (Courtesy Calvin J. Hamilton, NASA/JPL)
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