Hello, World: Artemis II crew looks back at Earth on their way to the Moon

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32 Comments

  1. IsChristianAwake on

    Wow, they don’t call it the ***Blue Marble*** for nothing, I can see.

    fyi, The reason we can see the Stars and City Lights is because of this picture being taken on the night side of the Earth + The longer exposure time.

  2. spacewithoutstars on

    Absolutely gorgeous, incredibly small and makes our differences seem so trivial.

  3. Continent of Africa, and the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Spain), bottom left

    Top right (South Pole), bottom left (North Pole), you’ll see some aurora

    And then bottom right, of course, the Sun peering through the atmosphere

  4. rocketmonkee on

    To orient folks: North is down; south is up. The large sandy mass at the bottom-left is the northern part of Africa, with the city lights of Spain just visible at the edge.

    As a bonus, the crew caught both the Aurora Borealis (bottom left) *and* the Aurora Australis (top right). Pretty fuckin’ awesome.

  5. StatisticianRemote77 on

    It’s both fascinating and frightening.
    How small we all are in the scale of space. Our entire history is kept in this little ball.

  6. Many-Wasabi9141 on

    Kinda cool how you can see the atmosphere from the sun backlighting the earth

  7. just_an_ordinary_guy on

    Took me a minute to figure out the orientation and what part of earth I am looking at. Cool photo.

  8. It should be noted that this is a nighttime photo of the Earth illuminated by moonshine.

  9. Ok_Progress_6071 on

    What’s that glowing thing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? Is it just a reflection from the capsule ?

  10. REF_YOU_SUCK on

    it must be mind bendingly crazy to see the entire earth, your lifes history, your friends, family, your entire existence, in your rear view mirror.

  11. It boggles the mind that human eyes have not seen this perspective in person for over 53 years.

  12. ZestycloseCat2105 on

    Just imagine , This is our home , this beautiful blue sphere that floats in space , holding us in it . This is it ! We are all in it together on its journey around the sun until the end . Wow .

  13. velvet_funtime on

    Camera specs:

    NIKON D5

    f/4

    1/4th second

    ISO 51200

    22mm focal length on 14-24mm f/2.8 lens

  14. Level10Retard on

    I mean this looks so much better than the other planets. Let’s not fuck it up.