What a difference 40 years makes

In 1968, Apollo 8 took the famous Earth Rise image; now the Japanese have
taken a much sharper image
http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/04/img/20080411_kaguya_02.jpg Shows an image
of Earth Rise taken by a Japanese probe called Kayuga
(http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2008/04/20080411_kaguya_e.html#ref01)

The image quality beats the daylights out of those taken by Apollo 8 in
1968. The camera on the Kayuga is digital, whereas the cameras used by
Apollo were film. The technological changes in 40 years are incredible.

I found the link in sci.space.news which was posted by Andrew Yee.


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