- cross-posted to:
- spacepics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- spacepics@lemmy.world
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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Alternative references of better image quality mentioned in comments by @baguette@piefed.social:
- https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e000192;
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e000192/art002e000192~orig.jpg [5568 x 3712]
Still surprises me that it’s a D5 of all things, but then my main camera is only a year newer than that one. Not sure I’d use a DSLR at this point though.
when you build your own spacecraft, feel free to use whatever you want.
For what it’s worth, they are switching to Sony: https://sonyaddict.com/2026/04/01/breaking-nasa-selects-sony-as-official-imaging-partner-for-artemis-lunar-program-the-first-new-moon-camera-in-over-50-years/sony-in-space/