A Setting Earth
The lunar surface fills the frame in sharp detail, as seen during the Artemis II lunar flyby, while a distant Earth sets in the background. This image was captured at 6:41 p.m. EDT, on April 6, 2026, just three minutes before the Orion spacecraft and its crew went behind the Moon and lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes before emerging on the other side.
In this image, the dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime, while on its day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater shows terraced edges and a relatively flat floor marked by central peaks — formed when the surface rebounded upward during the impact that created the crater.
Date Created:2026-04-06
https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e009289
Jason Major
https:// x. com/JPMajor/status/2041598796317012433
by Neaterntal
8 Comments
This is awesome
Look at her, marvelous
What a beautiful planet, bro
So hard to tell scale as the Moon has such a fractal surface. A small section of its surface looks the same as a vast swath of it.
Why does it look so AI-ey
Where the hell are those clouds? It’s been hot.
🥵
Someone needs to keep a Banana on Moon for scale.
Straya has never looked so good!