The first pic (Apollo) was taken on the day side of Earth
The second pic (Artemis) was a long exposure on the night side of the Earth
MrTagnan on
Partially, it’s also different because the A-II image is of the night side of the planet
alien_frontier on
Artemis II is a night shot of Earth compensated with high iso/low aperture, so there is a yellowish cast of moonlight. You can notice that city lights aren’t observable in Apollo 17 because it’s daylight.
Waddensky on
What exactly? One of the differences is that the Apollo 17 picture shows the daylight side of the Earth.
azhder on
It’s because Artemis uses the MCU color grading 😛
Seriously though, why rotate the Artemis image? It was fine the original way
Zander0416 on
u/repostsleuthbot
Hotchi_Motchi on
50 years of technological advances might have something to do with it, too
rexspook on
The fact that they could take a picture that clear of the dark side of earth is a testament to advances in photography
fidgeting_macro on
Same object. Different time of day, different equipment, different post processing. I’m surprised people are surprised that the photos look different.
grillmefillme on
Zoom in people, you can see aurora on both poles and the edge of the atmosphere- it’s backlit by the sun and has the moon as a key light
Vast_Concentrate698 on
Apparently Artemis is lit by moonlight
Parking_Locksmith489 on
One is film, the other digital
Yama951 on
Also, the first image, from what I heard, is touched up. The original is more like the second picture in quality.
cancel-out-combo on
Can we use the actual Artemis II photo that isn’t rotated?
M14_87 on
🤔
ManOfQuest on
I think the artemis picture is amazing, there is more details present and there is thin layer that surrounds the earth perfectly like a force field.
SupremelyUneducated on
increasingly nsfl.
AKoolPopTart on
c_malyan01 on
The CGI has improved
Panda_tears on
I think this is a nasa psyop lol… I see nothing but this image posted constantly all over everything I do online
Over_Interaction_925 on
Yes the earth is starting to lose its luster. Plus the glaciers are retreating. Instead of earth reflecting more sunlight into space, it’s doing the opposite absorbing more.
ehtuvaimeaocu on
Yes film vs digitalÂ
Digital is much more artificial than film (digital distorts and reduces depth and the colors are all “dead”)
For some reason the best movies ever made are in film…
Also the the 1st picture it is what you see when you take it, just revealing period, the 2nd one has been digital editedÂ
Great breakdown of this exact topic from r/Astronomy.
EromanticDream on
1. The Apollo shot was film, the Artemis shot was digital.
2. The Earth is in a different orientation in each shot.
3. The shots were taken at different times — Earth daytime vs Earth nighttime.
4. Each shot was edited for aesthetics.
Winstonsphobia on
These are literally night and day. So why the comparison? Just because we did it again?
XADEBRAVO on
Roughly 3 billion people died between then and now.
MindRaptor on
They should have delayed the launch until they could take a better picture.
Funtimes1213 on
Daytime vs Nighttime shots. Please stop posting that the earth is dying. Learn the facts before you write anything. The earth will outlive humans by billions of years like it has by each event in the past. You forget the earth used to be a cauldron of carbon dioxide and volcanic activity. It laughed it off and became the oasis it is now. Humans barely scratched the surface.
Adam-West on
Inevitably they would look different due to the different cameras and the 50 years of tech between them. But also the bottom one is a long exposure taken at night time on earth.
RAWpapers4dayz on
The ring you see around earth is probably all the space trash and they edited it (just like nasa edits all their photos before the public sees them) to make it seems less pronounced
Twigsons on
Damn! Earth got dirty!
Xitztlacayotl on
I just hate this stupid artemis image that is so proudly and widely shared.
First: it’s “fake”, that is, it’s artificially brightened. When in fact it is the night side. When I first saw it I got suspicious when I saw that bright arc on the edge. No way it’s the day side with that.
Second, unlike in this post, it’s published inverted. Who does that? Yeah, north side up is arbitrary, but it’s a convention. Like driving on the right side of the road.
The_Black_kaiser7 on
😄 they should take it again, Apollo 17 used the sun’s light to illuminate the earth and Artemis 2 captured the sun peaking behind the earth. 😄
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One picture looks like it is at nightÂ
The first pic (Apollo) was taken on the day side of Earth
The second pic (Artemis) was a long exposure on the night side of the Earth
Partially, it’s also different because the A-II image is of the night side of the planet
Artemis II is a night shot of Earth compensated with high iso/low aperture, so there is a yellowish cast of moonlight. You can notice that city lights aren’t observable in Apollo 17 because it’s daylight.
What exactly? One of the differences is that the Apollo 17 picture shows the daylight side of the Earth.
It’s because Artemis uses the MCU color grading 😛
Seriously though, why rotate the Artemis image? It was fine the original way
u/repostsleuthbot
50 years of technological advances might have something to do with it, too
The fact that they could take a picture that clear of the dark side of earth is a testament to advances in photography
Same object. Different time of day, different equipment, different post processing. I’m surprised people are surprised that the photos look different.
Zoom in people, you can see aurora on both poles and the edge of the atmosphere- it’s backlit by the sun and has the moon as a key light
Apparently Artemis is lit by moonlight
One is film, the other digital
Also, the first image, from what I heard, is touched up. The original is more like the second picture in quality.
Can we use the actual Artemis II photo that isn’t rotated?
🤔
I think the artemis picture is amazing, there is more details present and there is thin layer that surrounds the earth perfectly like a force field.
increasingly nsfl.
The CGI has improved
I think this is a nasa psyop lol… I see nothing but this image posted constantly all over everything I do online
Yes the earth is starting to lose its luster. Plus the glaciers are retreating. Instead of earth reflecting more sunlight into space, it’s doing the opposite absorbing more.
Yes film vs digitalÂ
Digital is much more artificial than film (digital distorts and reduces depth and the colors are all “dead”)
For some reason the best movies ever made are in film…
Also the the 1st picture it is what you see when you take it, just revealing period, the 2nd one has been digital editedÂ
https://www.reddit.com/r/Astronomy/comments/1scdwdf/the_hello_world_and_blue_marble_photos_of_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Great breakdown of this exact topic from r/Astronomy.
1. The Apollo shot was film, the Artemis shot was digital.
2. The Earth is in a different orientation in each shot.
3. The shots were taken at different times — Earth daytime vs Earth nighttime.
4. Each shot was edited for aesthetics.
These are literally night and day. So why the comparison? Just because we did it again?
Roughly 3 billion people died between then and now.
They should have delayed the launch until they could take a better picture.
Daytime vs Nighttime shots. Please stop posting that the earth is dying. Learn the facts before you write anything. The earth will outlive humans by billions of years like it has by each event in the past. You forget the earth used to be a cauldron of carbon dioxide and volcanic activity. It laughed it off and became the oasis it is now. Humans barely scratched the surface.
Inevitably they would look different due to the different cameras and the 50 years of tech between them. But also the bottom one is a long exposure taken at night time on earth.
The ring you see around earth is probably all the space trash and they edited it (just like nasa edits all their photos before the public sees them) to make it seems less pronounced
Damn! Earth got dirty!
I just hate this stupid artemis image that is so proudly and widely shared.
First: it’s “fake”, that is, it’s artificially brightened. When in fact it is the night side. When I first saw it I got suspicious when I saw that bright arc on the edge. No way it’s the day side with that.
Second, unlike in this post, it’s published inverted. Who does that? Yeah, north side up is arbitrary, but it’s a convention. Like driving on the right side of the road.
😄 they should take it again, Apollo 17 used the sun’s light to illuminate the earth and Artemis 2 captured the sun peaking behind the earth. 😄
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