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First pictures by Chandrayaan-1

November 01, 2008
The first picture shows the northern coast of Australia while the second image taken at 12:30 pm from a height of 70,000 km shows Australia's southern coast.

The TMC is one of the 11 scientific instruments of Chandrayaan-1 and the camera can take black and white pictures of an object. The instrument has a resolution of about 5 mt, according to ISRO.

Image: The southern coast of Australia from a height of 70,000 km.

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