> Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. Photo: NASA
Sea-Upstairs3456 on
I can literally hear the flat earthers screaming.
Iswaterreallywet on
Hello, Earth
shk2096 on
Source? Love the pic. Looking for desktop 4K resolution
Jesus_COD on
I wish I could go to the moon, but I’d die of anxiety before the launch. Let alone I’m not a pilot, or an engineer. Still, looks like the best experience ever.
loztriforce on
Why aren’t they warning us before the shot so we can pose though
jellybeanjoy on
Amazing!
track0x2 on
It bothers me that this photo was first posted by the White House. The most divisive White House in the history of USA.
Anxious-Essay36 on
Such a warm idea to think this is us all of us well minus 4 humans but it’s a group photo of us and our beautiful blue marble I’m gonna cry
Prometheusly on
I straight up sobbed during the lunar fly by while the astronauts described what they saw.
dreadpiratedusty on
Amaze! Amaze!
30sec2midknight on
Dumb question so please don’t downvote, I said it was a dumb question, but tell me if I am wrong. Based on the area that is illuminated on Earth, I would think the sun, relative to this angle, is somewhere north east, or top right of this photo. Why is the moon appearing darker and not showing a bit of it lit up like the earth. The only thing I can think of is this photo being taken so far back that the illuminated portion of the moon is just beyond what we see here. Again, dumb question. Thank you
punkate on
Hey it’s me there!
IsChristianAwake on
That’s a beautiful looking planet, I must say.
radioscott on
Fantastic shot. It’s funny how in all these photos the moon either looks much closer or much further from the astronauts than they really were. Had to have been a narrow field of view on this one.
sheffieldpud on
Isn’t it fucking crazy though, when you think about it. How this photo was taken and what we’re actually looking at. Makes my hairs stand up.
flat earthers wont like this one, super cool shot thooo
Any_Journalist_4887 on
Wild to me, thinking that most of the craters on the moon is hundreds, thousands, millennia old.
jasdonle on
Why so the dark side so bright? Even if they boost the brightness digitally I’m surprised there’s enough light at all to get it to this bright a level? And if they did Earth would be so washed out.
Wonder what the unretouched one looks like.
EqualFrosting4185 on
Where is the stars?
Apprehensive-Boot517 on
Guys, what is happening, everytime I open IG or tiktok and the video is about the mission, a huge majority of comments is ppl saying its fake, moon landing fake, earth flat, etc etc,
Are these bots ragebaiting so we comment, and engagement increases or is there genuinely that many ppl that believe it?
And if there are that many ppl… how, literally how?
In my head its bots + with trump as pres, they feel more confortable saying these absurd things…
SuperbBug5029 on
We need to name this photo one of the following:
“Straya set”
“Great Southern set”
“Earth s’arvo”
“Under the milky way tonight”
Or
“Oi moon! LOOK AT MOI!”
Just quietly, those plains don’t look so boundless from the moon. Missed a beat having a Canadian but not an Australian on this mission too – “I come from a land down under.”
Edit- the other cool thing is the diameter of the moon is roughly the same as Australia – so you can get a sense of how big the moon is while looking at Earth from the moon.
Cheap-Addendum on
It will be interesting to hear the clown flat earthers explain this one.
Is this the digitally enhanced version or unedited version?
Gummies1345 on
Look at that moon. Isn’t she pretty? I can see even shades of very light brown. I wonder what the south pole looks like. I’m happy to see the moon in any other color but the bland ass grey pictures we’ve had for 50 years. Lol
TheKBMV on
As a hobby photographer I’m lowkey jealous of these guys. Going up there and taking shots like this.
At least a couple of the shots on NASA’s page are specifically credited to Wiseman and the metadata shows they were taken with a Nikon D5. Like imagine saying “Yeah, I took my camera up around the moon. Pic’s a bit grainy but hey, you have to crank up the ISO in lunar orbit”
Why all this misreporting?
This is not the first photo from the far side of the moon.
There’s countless photos already. I believe the first one is from Luna 3 probe, 1959.
The first one taken by a human from the crew of Apollo 8 in 1986.
Anxious_Cow_Wow on
Germans in the comments literally translating the title… Oo
GrindBastard1986 on
PiDicus_Rex on
Dammit, cloud cover, can almost see my house.
trpnblies7 on
Are these photos taken automatically by the ship? Or is one of the astronauts actually using a camera to compose the shot? It’s just such a nice composition.
f0gax on
What really hits me with these pictures is that we’re looking at a real place. I get the same feeling when looking at other space pictures.
RoboticHamster_ on
so beautiful
christjw on
Looks like its gonna be a crescent earth tonight 😊
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> EARTHSET.
April 6, 2026.
> Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. Photo: NASA
I can literally hear the flat earthers screaming.
Hello, Earth
Source? Love the pic. Looking for desktop 4K resolution
I wish I could go to the moon, but I’d die of anxiety before the launch. Let alone I’m not a pilot, or an engineer. Still, looks like the best experience ever.
Why aren’t they warning us before the shot so we can pose though
Amazing!
It bothers me that this photo was first posted by the White House. The most divisive White House in the history of USA.
Such a warm idea to think this is us all of us well minus 4 humans but it’s a group photo of us and our beautiful blue marble I’m gonna cry
I straight up sobbed during the lunar fly by while the astronauts described what they saw.
Amaze! Amaze!
Dumb question so please don’t downvote, I said it was a dumb question, but tell me if I am wrong. Based on the area that is illuminated on Earth, I would think the sun, relative to this angle, is somewhere north east, or top right of this photo. Why is the moon appearing darker and not showing a bit of it lit up like the earth. The only thing I can think of is this photo being taken so far back that the illuminated portion of the moon is just beyond what we see here. Again, dumb question. Thank you
Hey it’s me there!
That’s a beautiful looking planet, I must say.
Fantastic shot. It’s funny how in all these photos the moon either looks much closer or much further from the astronauts than they really were. Had to have been a narrow field of view on this one.
Isn’t it fucking crazy though, when you think about it. How this photo was taken and what we’re actually looking at. Makes my hairs stand up.
[Link to the source,](https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009288) with full resolution downloads available.
#1 question, did they find transformers?
flat earthers wont like this one, super cool shot thooo
Wild to me, thinking that most of the craters on the moon is hundreds, thousands, millennia old.
Why so the dark side so bright? Even if they boost the brightness digitally I’m surprised there’s enough light at all to get it to this bright a level? And if they did Earth would be so washed out.
Wonder what the unretouched one looks like.
Where is the stars?
Guys, what is happening, everytime I open IG or tiktok and the video is about the mission, a huge majority of comments is ppl saying its fake, moon landing fake, earth flat, etc etc,
Are these bots ragebaiting so we comment, and engagement increases or is there genuinely that many ppl that believe it?
And if there are that many ppl… how, literally how?
In my head its bots + with trump as pres, they feel more confortable saying these absurd things…
We need to name this photo one of the following:
“Straya set”
“Great Southern set”
“Earth s’arvo”
“Under the milky way tonight”
Or
“Oi moon! LOOK AT MOI!”
Just quietly, those plains don’t look so boundless from the moon. Missed a beat having a Canadian but not an Australian on this mission too – “I come from a land down under.”
Edit- the other cool thing is the diameter of the moon is roughly the same as Australia – so you can get a sense of how big the moon is while looking at Earth from the moon.
It will be interesting to hear the clown flat earthers explain this one.
I’m in this picture and… I love it 🥰
First such photo from Orion. It’s been done before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthrise
Amazing!!
i blinked, can we retake it?
Just breathtaking.
Is this the digitally enhanced version or unedited version?
Look at that moon. Isn’t she pretty? I can see even shades of very light brown. I wonder what the south pole looks like. I’m happy to see the moon in any other color but the bland ass grey pictures we’ve had for 50 years. Lol
As a hobby photographer I’m lowkey jealous of these guys. Going up there and taking shots like this.
At least a couple of the shots on NASA’s page are specifically credited to Wiseman and the metadata shows they were taken with a Nikon D5. Like imagine saying “Yeah, I took my camera up around the moon. Pic’s a bit grainy but hey, you have to crank up the ISO in lunar orbit”
This is what I was waiting to see.
high quality ver: [images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009288](https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009288)
Almost looks like it’s from Space Engine.
Why all this misreporting?
This is not the first photo from the far side of the moon.
There’s countless photos already. I believe the first one is from Luna 3 probe, 1959.
The first one taken by a human from the crew of Apollo 8 in 1986.
Germans in the comments literally translating the title… Oo
Dammit, cloud cover, can almost see my house.
Are these photos taken automatically by the ship? Or is one of the astronauts actually using a camera to compose the shot? It’s just such a nice composition.
What really hits me with these pictures is that we’re looking at a real place. I get the same feeling when looking at other space pictures.
so beautiful
Looks like its gonna be a crescent earth tonight 😊