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More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

Here’s the official image release from NASA: www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

More to see in that image: * Aurora Australis (bright green, upper right) & Aurora Borealis (plane green, lower left) visible as faint streaks * The bright dot in the lower right is Venus * The white haze in the lower right is zodiacal light: dust in the plane of the Solar System lit by sunlight

Shout-out to @merrdiff.bsky.social for pointing out that this is a night side image (which wasn’t obvious from the official NASA/ESA descriptions!) and to @philplait.bsky.social for IDing Venus. Both great follows on here!

Go outside on a full moon and nearly nothing is in color. Try to take a photo, and it's all really dark with no colors, even if your ISO is through the roof. I have serious doubts about the veracity of this photo.