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EMIT Instrument's First Light
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This image shows the first measurements taken by NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) from aboard the International Space Station at 7:51 p.m. PDT (10:51 p.m. EDT) on July 27, 2022, as it passed over western Australia. The image at the front of the cube shows a mix of materials in western Australia, including exposed soil (brown), vegetation (dark green), agricultural fields (light green), a small river, and clouds.
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Credit lineEMIT Instrument's First Light. NASA/JPL, 2022-07-29. Public domain. ID: PIA24529.