Seen from behind the Moon during Artemis II, the Moon and Earth align in the same frame, each partially illuminated by the Sun. The Moon’s surface appears in sharp detail in the foreground, while Earth sits much farther away, smaller and softly lit in the background.
A faint reflection in the spacecraft window is also visible, subtly overlaying the scene. Though their phases differ, both are shaped by the same sunlight, revealing the geometry of the Sun–Earth–Moon system from deep space.
Credit: NASA
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Wow, amazing
Lens flare? J.J. Abrams was also with the Artemis crew? 🤔
Amazing! Source link?
The moon always looks so amazingly weird up close due to its lack of light scattering.
This looks just like the photo I took last week when I was in the area.
We need the Space: 1999 theme to be running while watching this.
Where sun?