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Paul Byrne
@theplanetaryguy.com

This is that same amazing view, but with camera settings set that really show this is a backlit photo of Earth—only a thin sliver of it illuminated by the Sun. Source: www.nasa.gov/image-detail... Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Paul Byrne@theplanetaryguy.com

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

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(starhag)
@gwenforr.bsky.social

There are actually three planets being occulted by the Earth along with the sun in this photo. I worked out the positioning in Stellarium based on the visible stars in the brighter image. The blue circle here is Earth and the red square is the image frame