VIRTIS infrared composite image of Earth
![](https://cdn.sci.esa.int/documents/34878/35534/1567218269475-Earth-Infrared410.jpg)
Date: 04 March 2005
Satellite: Rosetta
Depicts: Earth in the infrared
Copyright: ESA
This image was taken on 5 March 2005 after Rosetta's closest approach to Earth by VIRTIS from a distance of 250 000 kilometres and with a resolution of 62 kilometres per pixel.
Last Update: 1 September 2019