Moonrise above the Pacific   The Moon rising above the Pacific at 22:06 UTC, 4 March 2005, just three minutes before the point of closest approach during Rosetta's Earth fly-by.   The image above was taken at 21:57 UTC (before the Moon-rise photo above) when Rosetta was passing over the east coast of the USA near Norfolk, VA. This view includes Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, where the first heavier-than-air flight was made in December 1903.   This image was taken at 21:59 UTC and shows cloud formations over the southern portion of the Appalachian Mountains.   This image was taken at 22:08 UTC (two minutes after the Moon-rise photo above) and shows the Moon with several artefacts due to charged particles hitting the camera's image sensor (CCD, or charge-coupled device). This image has been artificially brightened to better shown the dark Moon against the dark background of space. Release date: 26 April 2005