Beep@lemmus.org to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoHello, World: first downlinked images from the Artemis II astronautsimages-assets.nasa.govimagemessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageHello, World: first downlinked images from the Artemis II astronautsimages-assets.nasa.govBeep@lemmus.org to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square45linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDeme@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoOh damn, took me a moment to realize that first image is showing the night side of the planet. Much more interesting than what it seemed at first, with the moonlit planet, the aurora and the zodiacal light!
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoOh! That’s true. Explains why the stars are visible as well. Otherwise the exposure would be too short to capture them.
Oh damn, took me a moment to realize that first image is showing the night side of the planet. Much more interesting than what it seemed at first, with the moonlit planet, the aurora and the zodiacal light!
Oh! That’s true. Explains why the stars are visible as well. Otherwise the exposure would be too short to capture them.