Earth from Chandrayaan-1's Camera (TMC)

March 2009

The Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) was first activated on 29 October 2008, while Chandrayaan-1 was still in Earth orbit, capturing images of the Earth's surface. On 25 March 2009 the spacecraft beamed back its first images of the Earth in its entirety, showing Asia, parts of Africa and Australia with India at the centre.

The TMC's primary job, however, was at the Moon: it mapped lunar topography at 5-metre resolution in stereo, contributing to a three-dimensional atlas of the lunar surface. Read more on the TMC payload page.

Source: Wikipedia — Chandrayaan-1