BepiColombo closing in on Earth ahead of flyby

An image taken by the MCAM selfie camera on board of the European-Japanese Mercury mission BepiColombo as it neared Earth ahead of its gravity-assist flyby manoeuvre in April 2020. The image was taken at 18:35 UTC on 9 April 2020, less than a day before the closest approach, from around 168 000 km away.