cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45115923

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.

Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.

Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

// That’s home. That’s us.

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Alternative references with a better quality mentioned in comments by @baguette@piefed.social:
- https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e000192;
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e000192/art002e000192~orig.jpg [5568 x 3712]

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Aw, man, the dark version is still noisy too. : (

    I guess it would’ve had to be nearly black except for the city lights in order to not be like that.