Photo of Earth and our Moon, from the Orion spacecraft
A few earlier spacecraft, on the way to Mars or Jupiter, have taken photos of the Moon and Earth from this distance, but I have never seen a shot with this much clarity. (Orion is in a much wider orbit than the Apollo craft were).
And this also gives me a chance to babble again about one of my pet peeves: the far side of the moon, which obviously is facing us in the picture, is not a "dark side". It gets as much light as the near side does.
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@DrWatson I remember seeing I think it was Mars and the moon in one sight in my telescope and I got the same feeling. It was like "we live on spheres" and there other real spheres out there too"
@JimboSaturn I have a telescope too. I have seen Saturn on the moon's horizon, which was pretty cool. I haven't gotten Mars and the Moon in a single view yet.
