Breathtaking image of Earth & dark side of the Moon

NASA Deep Space Climate Observatory dark side of moon 2015.07.16
NASA Deep Space Climate Observatory dark side of moon 2015.07.16

“This was taken around one million miles from Earth. We don’t normally get that perspective.

“Because of its mission, this spacecraft is in a sweet spot [1 million miles from Earth monitoring solar wind] directly in the direction of the sunlit Earth, meaning it’s seeing a completely sunlit moon, too. You get a whole new perspective on the moon. It looks very different from the side we see from Earth.”

Imagine a photo like this being taken during a total solar eclipse and being able to see the moon’s shadow being cast on the Earth behind it.


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