Mastodawn

I really can't stop looking at this photo - We usually think of space as being entirely empty and dark, but our Sun has a lot of dust around it that we can rarely see. This so called Zodiacal light is giving the moon this eerie backlit glow.

And four people really have been there and witnessed this yesterday, absolutely blows my mind!

Credit: NASA
Processing: Simeon Schmauß

Full quality: https://flic.kr/p/2s6ionW

#Artemis #Nasa #Moon #Eclipse #space #zodiacallight #orion

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Pete

@stim3on It's kind of nice to a whole 'nother generation being enthralled by a Lunar mission.
I was a young adult when the Apollo 11 mission landed on the Moon. The whole population seemed to be glued to their radio sets listening to those astronauts' progress all the way.
The Apollo 13 mission, when the capsule experienced an explosion was even more intense. I think everyone on the planet was united in prayer (or positive vibes, for the non-religious) for those guys as they fought for their lives to get back to Earth.