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HOLY SHIT

OK, deep breath: This is the Moon eclipsing the Sun; our star's massive corona is visible, faintly, around each side of the Moon. Our satellite is backlit by the Sun; there's some light falling on the Moon reflected from Earth, which is off to the left. The spacecraft structure is at left.

7/4/26, 6:57 pm6 reposts118 likes

Paul Byrne

@theplanetaryguy.com

7 Apr

I'm reasonably sure the bright "star" at left, just above the spacecraft, is Venus. Also, this photo was taken with a GoPro HERO4 Black mounted to one of the Orion capsule's solar arrays. Source: www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... Credit: NASA

Paul Byrne

@theplanetaryguy.com

7 Apr

I think this might the most sci-fi photo from crewed spaceflight I've ever seen. And it wouldn't have happened had Artemis II not launched on 1 April 2026 (because of orbital dynamics).

Louie Steptoe

@ludwig1218.bsky.social

7 Apr

I saw this and I thought, "sci-fi book cover?"

NLorenz - Artist, Writer. CutieCats COMMS OPEN!

@napalmnacey.bsky.social

10 Apr

Pink Floyd album cover.

DoRayMeFarTed

@doraymefarted.bsky.social

7 Apr

My goodness, I own a GoPro HERO4 Black. Way to go little camera.

Larry R. Nittler 🚀🎹🌖☄️

@larrynittler.bsky.social

7 Apr

pretty sure that's Saturn and Mars to lower right of moon

Luke Bones 🦴🦴

@lukemeister.bsky.social

7 Apr

Mercury’s in there too.

Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)

@chrisbecke.bsky.social

7 Apr

Some annotation on the original image

Stuart Jones

@owenthesignal.bsky.social

7 Apr

Not only the spectacular eclipse and all those planets but saw a post on Fb that they also captured a faint image of comet C/2025 R3 in the top right corner of that photo! 🤯

Chris Becke (aka BeckePhysics)

@chrisbecke.bsky.social

7 Apr

I think this is the rough field of view (from stellarium)