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]
Top right the green is aurora australis, and if you look closely you can see the coast of Brazil on the right. The equator would be like a smile across the globe from left to right.
Yeah, the equator is at almost a 45 degree angle. My bad. But that’s definitely Gibraltar at 8 o’clock