This picture of Earth looking like nothing so much as a soap bubble was snapped by the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe yesterday.

Rosetta is swinging by Earth before heading off to chase comets.

In fact the picture is a composite, made by combining three shots (one orange filtered, one green, one blue) from the Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System.

Image: ESA ©2009 MPS for OSIRIS Team / MPS/UPD/LAM/IAA/RSSD/INTA/UPM/DASP/IDA