What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
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What I see in this image is a little blue ball, that in all the reachable universe, is the sole place humanity (and so much else!) can ever *thrive*, without the intense use of inherently fragile and fallible high tech adaptations, if then. Yet, year by year the dominant civilizations here are so busy-- arrogantly destroying it's life-giving biosphere and the incredibly beautiful web of life that depends upon it. And all for greed. More, more more. When will it ever be enough?
@kitkat_blue @coreyspowell I totally agree with you. It will be enough when Planet Earth gives up or when someone destroys it to a point of no return.
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What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
@coreyspowell The joy we get from all the cool pictures and videos makes space exploration worth every penny spent realizing them.
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What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
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To be clear: We're basically looking at an eclipse of the Sun, by the Earth.
This is the night side of our planet, illuminated by the light of the full Moon, seen in a long exposure. Wow!
Digital iso is a revolution. HDR, amazing capture.
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What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
@coreyspowell Just unbelievable.
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Here is another version of the marvelous new Artemis II view of Earth, taken just minutes later.
This shot uses a shorter exposure, emphasizing the night side of our planet as it eclipses the Sun.
@coreyspowell Note that this is 180 rotated relative to the previous one. North is bottom left.
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What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
@coreyspowell I'm currently listening to the remastered version of Soleily's "Renatus" on my phone, and it feels and sounds apt for these breath-stealing outer space shots. Even the thumbnails for its music-only Youtube uploads evoke the same, too!
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What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
@coreyspowell this image is rotated by pi radians
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@coreyspowell Note that this is 180 rotated relative to the previous one. North is bottom left.
@martinvermeer @coreyspowell both were taken in the same orientation, which you can see at the NASA link. The preview in the post is rotated to the “correct” orientation.
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What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
@coreyspowell I like how if we zoom in, it gets really clear that when we see a thin bright line half around the globe in those videos, it's limited to the atmosphere. I had never understood why that happened, until now.
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