Japan's first lunar probe SELENE's main satellite

In this Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 photo made out of an HDTV image released on Nov. 13, 2007, by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan's national broadcaster NHK, the earth is seen closing to the moon's horizon. The still photo was made out of the HDTV images of the moon taken for the first time in the world by an HDTV camera, developed specially by NHK for the use in the space and installed on Japan's first lunar probe SELENE's main satellite in orbit at an altitude of about 100 kilometers (60 miles), Tokyo-based JAXA and NHK said in their release. On the earth's surface, Australian continent, brown, is seen at left top.

In this photo made out of an Oct. 31, 2007 HDTV image released by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Japan's national broadcaster NHK, craters on the North Pole on the moon are shown. The still photo released on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, was made out of the HDTV images of the moon taken for the first time in the world by an HDTV camera, developed specially by NHK for the use in the space and installed on Japan's first lunar probe SELENE's main satellite in orbit at an altitude of about 100 kilometers (60 miles), Tokyo-based JAXA and NHK said in their release Wednesday.