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

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

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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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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]

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

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      I’m pretty sure you’re staring at the Sahara dessert.

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        I’m pretty sure you are incorrect

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          It is, indeed, the Sahara desert. Africa is upside down, but that little tip at the bottom of the photo is the Strait of Gibraltar. That greener lit up coast on the right is the Americas… Brazil, I think?

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      Nope

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        Check old pictures

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          Nope. Definitely always been brown.

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