ISRO shares first series of Earth pictures captured by Chandrayaan 2

August 4, 2019 6:51 PM | Skymet Weather Team

Indian Space Research Organisation's (Isro) Chandrayaan-2 has now released the first set of pictures of our beloved Earth from space.

These pictures were shared by ISRO in a series of tweets. These pictures of Earth were taken by Chandrayaan-2's Vikram lander's LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019.

These images have shown the Earth in different hues.

Isro tweeted "Earth as viewed by #Chandrayaan2 LI4 Camera on August 3, 2019 17:34 UT."

A few days ago, ISRO had said that Chandrayaan-2 was in "good health" and moving in the "right direction".

Isro will soft land oin the South Pole region of the moon where no country has until now been able to go.

Chandrayaan 2 had taken off from Sriharikota on July 22, after an unsuccessful attempt before. The low cost three stage rocket of ISRO, GSLV-MkIII-M1 was responsible for launching the spacecraft into the Earth's orbit.

The Chandrayaan-2 will have quite a few orbit manoeuvres in the next few weeks to be able to reach the vicinity of the moon. The rover will soft land on September 7.

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