Re:Lunar Flyby
by LorenDB on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @06:40PM
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I think my favorite of all these images is https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009287/. The sheer size difference, while simply a trick of perspective, makes Earth feel tiny and insignificant.
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Some of my favs:
1. The moon eclipsed, with the Orion capsule (outside POV, from GoPro) - https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009567/art002e00...
2. The moon eclipsed, with the Orion capsule, and Earth crescent (outside POV, from GoPro) - https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009567/art002e00...
3. Crescent Moon, Crescent Earth (my fav!!) "A New View of the Moon" - https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009287/art002e00...
4. Artemis II in Eclipse (new fav!) - https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009301/art002e00...
I think your first link should be to https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009566/art002e00...
ah, thanks. Correcting it.
Re:Lunar Flyby
by andrewstuart2 on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @06:55PM
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Yeah, gives me very similar vibes to the famous "pale blue dot."
If you stare at the picture, there's an illusion of the shadow growing and enveloping the moon further. At least for me. Quite neat. Might be something about the eyes focusing on the dark part of the photo?