Japan Releases Full-Earth photo from Selene

FULL EARTH: The Japanese lunar probe, Selene, has taken a picture of the Earth equivalent to a full moon: round and without a shadow. The Selene team says the movie, shot on April 6, is notable because the orbits of the moon, Earth, sun and satellite orbit had to be in a precisely straight line and...

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