Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth

Re:Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth by MarkusQ on Friday April 03, 2026 @04:46PM (#47632041)

Well one of them is obviously Venus. How did you determine the others weren't stars?

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Re:Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth by layer8 on Friday April 03, 2026 @04:58PM (#47632180)

I’m talking about the grainy noise over all the black parts (actually over the Earth disk as well), including beyond the window edge. The window edge itself looks like a denser and brighter stripe of stars.

Zoom into this higher-resolution version: https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/art002e00019...

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Re:Artemis II crew take 'spectacular' image of Earth by Sharlin on Friday April 03, 2026 @05:00PM (#47632204)

Yep, that's definitely noise.

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