What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
To be clear: We're basically looking at an eclipse of the Sun, by the Earth.
This is the night side of our planet, illuminated by the light of the full Moon, seen in a long exposure. Wow!
Here is another version of the marvelous new Artemis II view of Earth, taken just minutes later.
This shot uses a shorter exposure, emphasizing the night side of our planet as it eclipses the Sun.
@coreyspowell
Thanks for the clarification!
I’ve been to Sahara when the landscape around me was lit up by just stars and the full moon, but I never thought about the fact that all Northern Africa and much of the rest of the planet also was lit up.
Yet another obvious thing I did not think of…
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After 1969 once again the overview.
Haven't learnt then, won't now.
@k37 @coreyspowell faaake fake fake. If this is the night side why is it so bright? Can I eat this crayon? Let's find out.
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As an aside, there's a fan-made tracker here:
@coreyspowell
I love the auroras illuminating the atmosphere around the Earth.
But what is seen near the center of the image?
A reflection in the capsule window.
Not a human anywhere. Nice.
at a safe distance it does seem beautiful
Reflection in the capsule window.
What I see in this image is a little blue ball, that in all the reachable universe, is the sole place humanity (and so much else!) can ever *thrive*, without the intense use of inherently fragile and fallible high tech adaptations, if then. Yet, year by year the dominant civilizations here are so busy-- arrogantly destroying it's life-giving biosphere and the incredibly beautiful web of life that depends upon it. And all for greed. More, more more. When will it ever be enough?
@coreyspowell Thanks for posting this photo and sharing the link! ❤️
Is there some reason why this image has been rotated? The one on the website is oriented differently (see attached image).
The description from NASA website seems to match up with this image, especially the fairly bright "zodiacal light" - a term which I learned today!
@nini @coreyspowell
I'm not completely against the idea of rotating an image (there is no "north" in space) but then the alt text should be rewritten to match the image.
The bright slice of light (zodiacal light) is in the lower right in the original orientation shown on the website but in the rotated image it is in the upper left.
I found that a bit confusing.
BuT LoOk, iT's fLaT!!
@coreyspowell Not that long of an exposure, as far as astrophotography goes anyway - just 1/4 s. The amount of light captured is thanks to the wide open aperture (f/4), which also made details blurry, and the insanely high sensitivity setting (ISO 51200), which put a ton of noise over the whole image, and made a lot of stars indistinguishable from aberrant pixels :(
as a photography nerd this makes me a little bit sad, especially since the settings were manual
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