What's so stunning about this photo from the Artemis Lunar
crew?
It's not just just a photo taken from near the #Moon. Looks
like it, but no--it's much more!
The crescent of light you see is from the sunlit far side of
Earth, and this is an engineered eclipse. This is the night side, lit by
moonlight. Don't believe it? Look for the city lights and green auroras on both
poles. Whoaaaa!
How did they do it? They planned their orbit to use the Earth to eclipse the sun. This was only possible to do given their trajectory on one day. When you see an eclipse on Earth, it's the Moon that blocks the sun. For the first time ever, our Artemis crew passed exactly where the Earth would block the Sun.
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