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ISRO's Aditya L1 shares selfie from space, takes images of Earth and Moon

In This Pic : ISRO, Aditya L1

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Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Aditya L1 to study the solar atmosphere. The solar space observatory mission has completed two Earth-bound maneuvers in its nearly four-month-long journey to its final destination and has taken some great pictures while it goes around Earth.

In This Pic : ISRO, Aditya L1

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In the selfie images, Aditya L1's two key payloads, the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) for Corona imaging & spectroscopy studies and Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) for Photosphere and Chromosphere imaging (narrow & broadband), are seen.

In This Pic : Aditya L1

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Sharing the images, ISRO wrote, "Aditya-L1 Mission: Onlooker! Aditya-L1, destined for the Sun-Earth L1 point, takes a selfie and images of the Earth and the Moon."

In This Pic : Aditya L1

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In another picture, the onboard camera shows the Earth from up close and the Moon far away.

In This Pic : ISRO