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 @[email protected]:
- 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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      24 days ago

      Far be it for me to second-guess an astronaut, but I’m not sure it was necessary to turn the gain up so high as to make it look like daylight.