Earth Moon. During its flight, the Galileo spacecraft returned images of the Earth and Moon. Separate images of the Earth and Moon were combined to generate this view. The Galileo spacecraft took the images in 1992 on its way explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The image shows a partial view of the Earth on the Pacific Ocean about latitude 20 degrees south (NASA Media Archives). Buy this as a superb wall poster, a canvas print or a framed print.