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This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.

Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.

Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

// That's home. That's us.

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[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

What is this bright thing at the center? Reflection of an interior light as it was taken through a window? Or what?

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 16 points 5 hours ago

Looks like window reflection.

[–] Rubisco@slrpnk.net 5 points 4 hours ago

Just Starfleet violating directives again. It's probably best to ignore it; somebody else's problem.

[–] artwork@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Since the photo is received from the astronauts, it must be a reflection from their warm interior, indeed!

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew...

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[–] Speiser0@feddit.org 7 points 5 hours ago

You can also see the window frame at the bottom left.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

That's my guess. It's too large to be anything external.