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 ๐Ÿง

But then I realised โ€“ it's the *nightside* of Earth, illuminated by the almost full Moon, not the Sun ๐ŸŒ•

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 I wonder what this is, just above and to the right of the center. A reflection of the moon in the sea?
@edgeofeurope @markmccaughrean Reflection on the inside of the window through which the picture was made?
@PepijnVemer @markmccaughrean Too lazy to open it a moment to get a better shot huh... :)
@PepijnVemer @edgeofeurope Yeah, probably just an internal light in Orion reflected in the window. Indeed, given that the image is 1/4 sec at ISO 51200, theyโ€™ve done an amazingly good job of keeping it dark around the window (without having to open it ๐Ÿ™‚)