You'll likely catch this image a million times in your various feeds: Earth as seen by Reid Wiseman from Artemis II en-route to the Moon.
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You'll likely catch this image a million times in your various feeds: Earth as seen by Reid Wiseman from Artemis II en-route to the Moon.
My first thought? That's *really* noisy 🧐
But then I realised – it's the *nightside* of Earth, illuminated by the almost full Moon, not the Sun
The bright limb at lower-right is where the dayside starts, & the fact that you can see aurorae, airglow, & cities in Europe, Africa, & S & N America also gives the game away.
Cool.
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You'll likely catch this image a million times in your various feeds: Earth as seen by Reid Wiseman from Artemis II en-route to the Moon.
My first thought? That's *really* noisy 🧐
But then I realised – it's the *nightside* of Earth, illuminated by the almost full Moon, not the Sun
The bright limb at lower-right is where the dayside starts, & the fact that you can see aurorae, airglow, & cities in Europe, Africa, & S & N America also gives the game away.
Cool.
@markmccaughrean What do you mean by the bright limb at lower-left?
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@markmccaughrean What do you mean by the bright limb at lower-left?
@saarmuller I mean that that's a typo – the limb at lower-right. Ugh – will edit.
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@saarmuller I mean that that's a typo – the limb at lower-right. Ugh – will edit.
@markmccaughrean Right!
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@markmccaughrean And also, I think that is where the day ends (the north pole is at the bottom), very confusing.
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You'll likely catch this image a million times in your various feeds: Earth as seen by Reid Wiseman from Artemis II en-route to the Moon.
My first thought? That's *really* noisy 🧐
But then I realised – it's the *nightside* of Earth, illuminated by the almost full Moon, not the Sun
The bright limb at lower-right is where the dayside starts, & the fact that you can see aurorae, airglow, & cities in Europe, Africa, & S & N America also gives the game away.
Cool.
@markmccaughrean you can see the lights of the cities, yes
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You'll likely catch this image a million times in your various feeds: Earth as seen by Reid Wiseman from Artemis II en-route to the Moon.
My first thought? That's *really* noisy 🧐
But then I realised – it's the *nightside* of Earth, illuminated by the almost full Moon, not the Sun
The bright limb at lower-right is where the dayside starts, & the fact that you can see aurorae, airglow, & cities in Europe, Africa, & S & N America also gives the game away.
Cool.
@markmccaughrean Tech details: Nikon D5 at ISO 51200, 1/4 sec exposure.
(Thanks for posting - I'm out of the house and didn't post it because I couldn't write an alt text)
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@markmccaughrean And also, I think that is where the day ends (the north pole is at the bottom), very confusing.
@saarmuller The poles are where the aurorae are, broadly speaking, at upper-right & lower-left, so the terminator is more or less north-south, a little biased north, as you’d expect a couple of weeks after the equinox.
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@markmccaughrean you can see the lights of the cities, yes
@mdione Waving at my friends in Lisbon & Madrid
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