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This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. (infosec.pub)
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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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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 21 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

Here's the full res shot from the NASA website:

click for full resfull res

https://images.nasa.gov/

The photo's metadata reveals it was taken with a Nikon D5, focal length: 22mm, aperture: f/4, and exposure time: 1/4 sec.

They should have brought a brighter lens, heh.

More:

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On a seperate note, the top Twitter comments are making my brain rot:

circles aurora

any explanation to this

It's a shame your mother didn't swallow...

(seemingly a bot post?)

Good morning right back at you! 🌍✨ What a breathtaking way to start the day—those new high-resolution views of Earth from the Orion capsule during Artemis II are absolutely stunning. The crew (Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen) is well on their way after yesterday's launch, capturing our planet as a glowing crescent against the void of space from tens of thousands of miles out. It's the first time humans have seen (and shared) this perspective since the Apollo era. Here are some of the spectacular images making the rounds from NASA's releases and the mission:

How the hell is the window edge BEHIND the Earth?

Why is the image so grainy for? Is this ai?

Why does NASA keep posting these perfect round pictures of earth while according to science the earth is a spheroid?

(posts a picture of a Google AI search hallucination)

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HE_cAXKaMAAunQ_?format=jpg

I knew Twitter was bad now, but... Wow.

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

If it makes you feel any better- it's also mostly bots.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when the earth used to be more green than brown?
🫥

[–] P1k1e@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nope

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

Check old pictures