April 6, 2026.

Totality, beyond Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few in human history have ever witnessed. Photo: NASA

by GiveMeSomeSunshine3

39 Comments

  1. Secret_Parking_2108 on

    I am so jealous i want to go on a trip around the moon too but im a fucking chud on reddit

  2. Stunning, and you can just about see us in it’s reflection, Earthshine 👋

  3. TheMightyAndy on

    All that you touch
    All that you see
    All that you taste
    All you feel.
    All that you love
    All that you hate
    All you distrust
    All you save.
    All that you give
    All that you deal
    All that you buy,
    beg, borrow or steal.
    All you create
    All you destroy
    All that you do
    All that you say.
    All that you eat
    everyone you meet
    All that you slight
    everyone you fight.
    All that is now
    All that is gone
    All that’s to come
    and everything under the sun is in tune
    but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

  4. IsChristianAwake on

    Very beautiful.

    I love how you can see the other planets towards the bottom right of the moon.

  5. Where is the glow coming from? Moon has no atmosphere. Is this space dust? Doesn’t seem like it. Can’t be CME either.

  6. I understand now what Victor Glover meant when he said that it felt like they had gone totally scifi while looking at this. Incredible visual, I think I’d be overwhelmed looking at this in person

  7. Great photo. We need the original though. I can see a lot of pixelation and artifacts.

  8. TexturedBumf on

    Is this a render of what they would have seen or an actual photo? It’s so surreal

  9. Ziograffiato on

    Few? I would think this is a first. Did anyone on the Apollo missions ever see this?

  10. kinokomushroom on

    Seeing the corona of the sun like that is cool af.

    I don’t exactly understand how the lit side of the moon is visible on the top right though, since the sun is directly behind the moon in this shot. Is it a perspective issue?

  11. This is a cool photo but why are there such distinct shadows in the craters if the sun is directly behind the moon?

    From the metadata it appears to be shot with a Nikon Z9 and 35mm lens which I believe they brought onboard last minute for testing

  12. I highly recommend using the Spatial Scene feature on iPhones/iPads to view these photos. So cool.

  13. SuperbBug5029 on

    The left side is lit up a bit because of “Earth shine” reflected light off the earth.

    I was going to add a smart arse comment about who it was shining off then thought better of it.

  14. TreasureHunter95 on

    I assume these 3 bright dots are planets. Any idea which one?

    Edit: Thinking about again, probably Venus, Jupiter and Saturn…

  15. If I recall correctly, isn’t that Saturn, Mars, and Mercury in line on the right?

  16. siobhanmairii__ on

    Almost two years to the day of the last total solar eclipse in the United States too! This is so sick

  17. immunotransplant on

    Why didn’t they do the trip during a new moon do we can see the back side illuminated? Huge missed opportunity.