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Montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. From top to bottom - Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The image of Mercury was taken by Mariner 10, Venus was taken by Magellan, Earth and Moon were taken by Galileo, Mars was taken by Mars Global Surveyor, Jupiter was taken by Cassini, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were taken by Voyager. Inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth with Moon, and Mars) are roughly to scale to each other; the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are roughly to scale to each other. Image courtesy of Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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