You'll likely catch this image a million times in your various feeds: Earth as seen by Reid Wiseman from Artemis II en-route to the Moon.

My first thought? That's *really* noisy 🧐

But then I realised – it's the *nightside* of Earth, illuminated by the almost full Moon, not the Sun πŸŒ•

The bright limb at lower-right is where the dayside starts, & the fact that you can see aurorae, airglow, & cities in Europe, Africa, & S & N America also gives the game away.

Cool.

#Photography #Artemis

@markmccaughrean the thing that strikes me must is how thin our atmosphere is - it looks like such a fragile thing for something so important for life on earth.

@ccferrie You are arguably experiencing an element of The Overview Effect πŸ™‚

And keep in mind that the thin glow you see all around the planet is at about 80km altitude – we struggle above 5km & die above 10km.