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 🌕

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 Mark, this is really cool. I just addressed this with colleagues and students over coffee. No camera people. Bus still, nobody was aware of this, which is really a shame.
@caguettler Sorry for the very long delay in replying, Carsten – I definitely saw your message at the time, but somehow missed sending a reply 😬 Hope all’s well & that we have the chance to meet up & talk space cameras again soon 🤓