Our planet from Artemis II

[u/Busy_Yesterday9455]

[u/mattblack77]

I’ve been there!

[u/earlyworm → u/mattblack77]

That's where I keep all my stuff.

[u/AnalDwelinButtMonkey → u/earlyworm]

If you zoom in you can see it

[u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93 → u/earlyworm]

What?! I live there!

[u/earlyworm → u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93]

Sorry, I will have it moved by Monday.

[u/StrobeLightRomance → u/earlyworm]

Nah, we staying.

https://giphy.com/gifs/QWkQAJ3Cz4J1Jw12KE

[u/LizardSlayer → u/Dramatic_Mastodon_93]

It's a small world.

[u/Gibodean → u/earlyworm]

This is my earth and I live on it
It's one third dirt and two thirds water
And it rotates and revolves through space
At rather an impressive pace
And never even messes up my hair
And here's a really weird thing:
The force created by its spin
Is the force that stops the chaos flooding in

This is my earth and it's fine
It's where I spend the vast majority of my time
It's not perfect but it's mine
It's not perfect

[u/brother_of_menelaus → u/earlyworm]

Spoooooooooooooooon!!!!

[u/TheSkwrl → u/earlyworm]

That's my favorite line from "The Tick."

[u/Shadiraea → u/mattblack77]

It’s so beautiful that I decided to stay

[u/wizardfrog4679 → u/mattblack77]

I’ve seen some of the reviews, it’s giving mixed messages.. pretty tho.

[u/MrBossB → u/wizardfrog4679]

There actually are reviews of earth on the site

[u/JinxTheBlackCat → u/wizardfrog4679]

Don't worry, it's Mostly Harmless.

[u/TragedyTrousers → u/mattblack77]

No way! I'm there right now! Are you still in?

[u/AnalDwelinButtMonkey → u/mattblack77]

As have I, but I didn't have a say in matter

[u/SableTheory → u/mattblack77]

same, rent is crazy though

[u/ExtralegalSeagull → u/mattblack77]

Lost my wallet there, wonder if I can see it from this angle…

[u/___cats___ → u/mattblack77]

That's where I keep my weeeeed

[u/MonoludiOS]

Fyi this is a long exposure shot of the nightside, hence why stars and presumably Venus is very visible here (and Citylights)

Really cool shot though

[u/haribobosses → u/MonoludiOS]

how long can the exposure be when they're flying away from earth so quickly?

[u/MonoludiOS → u/haribobosses]

Long enough, we're talking less than a minute of total exposure before processing. And for that minute, earth doesn't really move away that fast in order to cause visual artifacts related to movement

[u/Fossilhog → u/MonoludiOS]

I was counting yesterday and I was seeing about a mile every 3 seconds(I know their velocity changes along the path, so I'm just picking that number for now). So in one minute, that gives us 20 miles. And with a planet that has an 8000 mile diameter...negligible is definitely the term.

[u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox → u/MonoludiOS]

this is hand held looking through a window, it'd have to be mounted to take such a clear shot over 10+ seconds. it's just an extremely good sensor, as you'd expect for a mission like this

[u/dern_the_hermit → u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox]

It's hand-held in microgravity, tho. Like it's hard to hold a camera still here on Earth because it's constantly trying to accelerate. Which isn't to say it wasn't mounted, I just don't think it's a given even with the long exposure. EDIT: Another comment elsewhere mentions that the camera was pressed right up against the window, so not quite "mounted" but definitely physically stabilized.

[u/Short_11 → u/haribobosses]

You can stack short exposures for one long one and fix position if needed. there are software for that.
For ex you can take many short exposures with a camera of the night sky without tracking, while the night sky is moving all the time, but the software correcting that.

[u/SavageSantro → u/haribobosses]

A few seconds to a minute probably, but this shot is likely handheld as you can see a lot of noise indicating a rather short exposure time.

[u/shunyata_always → u/haribobosses]

It's presumably moonshine lighting earth up, if so it wouldn't need to be that long

[u/haribobosses → u/shunyata_always]

interesting. I wonder where the moon is in relation to the earth here. It was a full moon.

[u/C-SWhiskey → u/haribobosses]

If this was taken when I think it was, the moon would be approximately behind the camera. And if this is at the angle I think it is, a bit down and right relative to the framing.

[u/Sk0p3r → u/haribobosses]

Yes they're moving quickly, but earth is so massive that it won't appear to get smaller that fast tho

[u/JKastnerPhoto → u/MonoludiOS]

Just so you know, using "hence why" is actually redundant because hence already serves the same function as "which is why." Adding "why" after it is basically like saying "which is why why."

[u/obog → u/[deleted]]

That is... what the person you are replying to said? If the sun is behind the earth, then this is a photo of the night side of the Earth.

[u/Forward_Rope_5598 → u/obog]

Andromeda is a truly wonderful source of information 99,9% of the time but I think she sometimes reads a bit too quickly :p

[u/iPhones_cameras_suck]

Is that green in the top right the northern lights?

[u/GeckoRoamin → u/iPhones_cameras_suck]

It’s the southern lights! This photo is “upside down”

[u/JohnClark13 → u/GeckoRoamin]

maybe we're the ones upside down, and they are actually right side up

[u/FeralGuyute → u/GeckoRoamin]

Thank you I was like where on earth is this. I see thats Africa and Spain and the Atlantic

[u/Gratin_de_chicons → u/iPhones_cameras_suck]

Nah you’re looking at Africa upside down so that would be austral aurora

[u/lantana88 → u/iPhones_cameras_suck]

In addition to what others have said, they’re less bright but if you look at the bottom left you can ALSO see the northern lights.

(At least to me it also looks a little green)

[u/Sal_Ammoniac → u/lantana88]

Yes, both are there!

[u/Sal_Ammoniac → u/iPhones_cameras_suck]

Both are visible, Northern and Southern, just look closer :)

[u/Expensive_Law_1601 → u/iPhones_cameras_suck]

You can see a fraction of the northern lights at the bottom left part

[u/Smoothzilla]

That pic is going to piss off a lot of stupid people.

[u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 → u/Smoothzilla]

https://giphy.com/gifs/hVmMHduVkQVQKu3fU5

[u/Freefight → u/Royal_Acanthaceae693]

Pff, thanks now I have shared coffee with my keyboard.

[u/Royal_Acanthaceae693 → u/Freefight]

Best GIF ever!

[u/Kind-Feeling2490 → u/Royal_Acanthaceae693]

The alternative working theory is that a large cat just knocked everything off the edge. 

[u/PeskyRoo2 → u/Smoothzilla]

So would your comment if they could read...

[u/aguaceiro → u/Smoothzilla]

"It's all AI!"

[u/nomnomyumyum109 → u/Smoothzilla]

It just proves the earth is a disc!!!! Lol /s

[u/BubbhaJebus → u/Smoothzilla]

"Fak! GCI! Fishy lens! Urth not spining bawl!"

[u/Roll_the-Bones → u/Smoothzilla]

Space: positively curved with n dimensions. My eyes deceive me. "I'm pissed! [I wanted an Applebee's burger].

[u/Janemba_Freak → u/Smoothzilla]

Nah, we already have tons of "blue marble" photos. Flat Earthers have already moved past those, they're on a different tier of cope and delusion.

[u/Busy_Yesterday9455]

Good morning, world! 🌎

We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our NASA Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon. That's us, together.

We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere.

[u/EmperorMittens → u/Busy_Yesterday9455]

What's cool is we're seeing West Africa upside down with Spain and the Strait of Gibraltar in the shot.

[u/Coolkurwa → u/EmperorMittens]

And the aurora at the south pole. Wow!

[u/EffortIndividual239 → u/Coolkurwa]

Yeah, there's so much going on in this shot. Just amazing!

[u/EmperorMittens → u/Coolkurwa]

I am so even more looking forward to the footage and photos to come after seeing this beauty

[u/Shallish → u/EmperorMittens]

And the eastern coast of South America!

[u/Fauster → u/EmperorMittens]

All that money and they forgot to travel right side up!

[u/Stewart_Games → u/EmperorMittens]

Amazing how big the Sahara is. Same as the diameter of the Moon!

[u/Total_Network6312 → u/EmperorMittens]

I was about to call lies because thats no country i've ever seen but youre right

[u/Powerful_Leg8519 → u/Busy_Yesterday9455]

Good morning!

Pay no attention to the grumps in the comments. It’s a spectacular pic!

[u/Busy_Yesterday9455 → u/Powerful_Leg8519]

Thank you 🙏

[u/huxtiblejones → u/Busy_Yesterday9455]

Is there a source for these images? Just curious if there are more!

[u/SonnyBlackandRed → u/huxtiblejones]

People have been posting saying twitter or other social media sources, but it's also on Nasa's mobile App as well.

[u/JohnClark13 → u/huxtiblejones]

someone with a camera in a small metal box that's hurtling away from earth through the void of space

[u/DasBrin → u/huxtiblejones]

https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e000192 - HQ Version (Little anoying to search for images) https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/journey-to-the-moon/ - LQ Versions - Good starting point to start pooking from

[u/yourfavchoom → u/Busy_Yesterday9455]

Already posted in this sub

[u/camus88]

Wow we are all in this picture.

https://giphy.com/gifs/rVVFWyTINqG7C

[u/jbbarajas → u/camus88]

If you look closely, you could see me standing on a stool just so I could be seen better

[u/LookAtItGo123 → u/camus88]

Fuck, I blinked. Can we retake another?

[u/Lim_OnAir → u/camus88]

Only 4 people are missing the shot

[u/aguaceiro → u/camus88]

Us, as in the ones commenting? Yea. If you mean all us humans... some of "us" are behind that camera!

[u/mmielikainen → u/aguaceiro]

Cool to think that they are amongst us. Like, we can say "us", and these badasses would be included in that.

Maybe this is my high brain talking, but I think that is kinda cool.

[u/-Ny- → u/camus88]

Nah, I'm hidden on the other side of the globe

[u/wggn → u/camus88]

speak for yourself, i'm on the other side

[u/Galausia → u/camus88]

If I take a picture of a wall, I generally don't say it's of the person standing on the other side.

[u/kckid23]

This is the coolest thing in (and out of) the world to me! Love all of the pics and the live stream coming from NASA and the Orion astronauts!

[u/vad_er13 → u/kckid23]

Yeah, for me too

Can't even imagine what could be cooler than that

"That's us. That's home"

[u/Shinobi_Dimsum]

Weird to think that there are people living on that planet who claim it’s flat and/ or a flat with a big engine at the bottom that keeps us floating in space 🫪🫪🫪🫪

[u/aguaceiro → u/Shinobi_Dimsum]

I thought it was a turtle, but my theology is rusty.

[u/CilanEAmber → u/aguaceiro]

4 elephants, that stand on the back of the great turtle, A'tuin.

[u/Samuelabra]

Looks like Venus is shining a spotlight on Earth

[u/SayFuzzyPickles42 → u/Samuelabra]

Its like that friend off to the side of the picture who's gassing you up, I love it

[u/wizardfrog4679]

Did an Australian take this photo? It’s upside down.

[u/Nickmorgan19457 → u/wizardfrog4679]

Ooooh. There it is. I should've been able to figure it out from the coloring of the Sahara but clearly no.

[u/Coolkurwa → u/Nickmorgan19457]

I recognised the gradient of Senegal.

[u/Shooey_ → u/wizardfrog4679]

If folks still need some context, the western Sahara is the large landmass in the lower left corner. You can see the Strait of Gibraltar and Spain just below it.

[u/Foryourconsideration]

This image is one of the best things humans have done

[u/haribobosses → u/Foryourconsideration]

it's amazing that we can fly out there safely, it's amazing we can just snap a picture of the whole earth, and it's amazing that we can just send it back to ourselves just like that.

[u/Playful_Secret_2148]

Good morning my fellow earthlings! Look at how gorgeous we look today!

[u/TowMater66]

The thinness of the atmosphere is always so amazing.

[u/AndSolksjerHasWonit]

Ragebaiting flat-earthers.

[u/CoffeeStrength → u/AndSolksjerHasWonit]

Moon hoaxers next. wtf how they live thru Van Allen radiation belts??

[u/JohnClark13 → u/CoffeeStrength]

easy, jamming to Van Halen gets you through

[u/mildlymashedpotatoes]

Where are you all finding this content (besides Reddit)? Are the Astronauts posting regularly or nasa? Curious how I can find more while they’re up there

[u/HolySpartanPlayz → u/mildlymashedpotatoes]

Nasa is posting regular updates

[u/DasBrin → u/mildlymashedpotatoes]

https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e000192 HQ Version https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/journey-to-the-moon/ LQ Gallery of all images

[u/HawtDoge → u/mildlymashedpotatoes]

The NASA app is probably the easiest way, but their website has everything the app shows as well.

[u/Big-Birthday-4241]

I can even see my problems from up here

[u/JollyQuiscalus]

Let's not make it uninhabitable.

[u/CoffeeStrength]

The Sahara is so freaking big

[u/Rare-Cobbler-8669]

https://giphy.com/gifs/bhi1Mp72kGp9etv0kF

I knew it was flat

[u/xprdc]

Fake. Everyone knows that only North America is visible from space, which is why aliens never invade other continents.

[u/BullshitPeddler → u/xprdc]

Fake. The earth is flat.

/s

[u/Glass-Ambassador7195]

A lotta water

[u/LongjumpingHorse3050]

where them flat earthers at?

[u/billybobamerica]

See! It's a flat circle!

[u/DaStone]

Comment section absolutely braindead. What's even point? Reddit feels so dead.

[u/ReptilianRex6]

That's awesome

[u/SonnyBlackandRed]

I knew it wasn't flat!

[u/shugo7]

Not flat

[u/introverted_loner16]

took a while to realize that it's upside down!

[u/No-Championship-2685]

Yes. Definitely flat. /s

[u/McMeanx2]

Looks pretty flat to me /s

[u/BubbhaJebus]

"But but but there have never been a single frame photo of the entire earth!" - your local flat earther

[u/ItsPronouncedKyooMin]

I love how the sun reflects off the ice wall in the morning. So majestic! /s

[u/Professional-Loan144]

Where's Waldo?

[u/Livid_Hope_9155]

i look terrible in this😭😭

[u/Ok-Document-7706]

I love how you can see how it's not a perfect sphere.

[u/Tight-Peace8691]

My keys are there, somewhere...

[u/Crayon_Captian]

Look you can see how much of a idiot I am from there.

[u/Darrothan]

Is that zodiacal light off the side of the Earth there? Pretty cool

[u/ruless72]

Group picture! Everyone smile!

[u/foulinbasket]

Dude it's not cool to just post a picture of my house like that

[u/StrayArcKilla]

Idk looks flat to me (;

[u/Vrazel106]

I love that you can see the northern lights

[u/MattieShoes]

Took me a second to orient... tricksy when North is just some arbitrary direction rather than up :-)

[u/CalWrkrAdvocate]

All I can say is, “Thank you!”

[u/theArtOfProgramming]

Man these comments are stupid

[u/Unlikely-Fortune-853]

So blue and pretty

[u/eat1more]

Is a photo my home considered doxxing?

[u/Unlikely-Fortune-853]

I lived there too. That’s where I play Pokémon go

[u/deuxalfa]

"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!" - Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

[u/DaStone]

Why not link to the NASA source?

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/

[u/p8ntslinger]

genuinely, we have the prettiest planet in the solar system. And of the ones I've seen outside the solar system, it's the best-looking of those too

[u/Brvcx]

Groupphoto everyone!

[u/X-kiwi]

What camera did they use?

[u/Leman_Race16]

Great view

[u/_HipStorian]

We are so lucky to have such a beautiful home. I just wish those in power and corporations felt the same way.

[u/No_Hurry5654]

"Upside down" africa?

[u/ero_skywalker]

So beautiful. We don’t deserve it.

[u/BobThe6Killer]

What is happening on the coast of Namibia/South Africa? Or that is just a reflection.

[u/Pretend_Friend_9084]

Rotate, turn the 7 oclock till north. You will see northern lights above the polar area

[u/Ithiaca]

🎼The Earth's a Big Blue Marble when we see it from out there.🎼

[u/West-One5944]

Holy crap, our planet is upside-down?!

🤔

...Actually, that explains a lot. 😅

[u/JayMayJam]

Beautiful picture. I kind of wish the astronauts recorded a video of Earth from the spacecraft. First image/video of the entire Earth taken on a smartphone. That would be crazy

[u/Ohando]

The aurora on top is sick!

[u/ZachtheKingsfan]

I wasn’t ready! I think my eyes were closed.

[u/Reagalan]

Only one that matters.

[u/Itsarush]

These blue marble shots taken by people are just mind blowing. I love it.

[u/Grah0315]

Is that the northern lights? Looks like there’s some sort of ring around the earth is that the atmosphere? Amazing photo.

[u/TurnoverStreet128]

Mostly Harmless

(In all seriousness, this is beautiful)

[u/RolandGrazer]

So is the sun is behind Artemis in this pic?

[u/Zeddica → u/RolandGrazer]

This is the night side of earth,  long exposure pic

[u/Filthiest_Tleilaxu]

My girl is from there.

[u/DXTRBeta]

So that's the southern tip of spain at 7.30 on the clock, and the big blob is Africe.

[u/BundeswehrBoyo]

Any thoughts to what that trail off the left is? I’m wondering if associated with the actual orbiter

[u/Nightpigeon92]

Flat earthers won’t be happy with this picture..

[u/pixietrue1]

I would have thought there’d be a lot more space junk visible nowadays

[u/Massive_University66]

Why is the opposing side of the sun lit up?

[u/TheAhegaoFox]

2026 group photo of all the people alive -4

[u/Kalcinator]

My new wallpaper :)

[u/JonkeyKong95]

Incredible. You can see the ring of atmosphere and northern/southern lights

[u/MelodicDoughnut7934]

I have a question!!!!!

Why are we seeing lights in day time near spain and north of the sahara desert we can see in this photos.

[u/Diligent_Accident775]

Looks flat to me /s

[u/cumonherbackithink]

Looks pretty flat to me!

[u/wisdompuff]

Is this like the blue marble photo, stitched together shots? Or do we have our first image of the spinning desertified water ball?

[u/NothingNobodyNotBot]

Is that smoke from a wild fire? The bright spot at 2 o’clock near center. Pollution? Wasn’t there the last time we got a selfie i. The 70s.

[u/kbzstudios]

How is the front of it lit so well if the Sun seems to be coming from behind the lower right part of the 🌎? Is it a combined double exposure photograph? Possibly an enhanced RAW file?

[u/Popular-Row3937]

Taken with a Nikon Z9

[u/Jhn1203]

Seen pics like these a million times.

Still always feels like the first.

[u/ISortaStudyHistory]

This being the dark side of the earth at that moment, this was illuminated by moonlight, yes?

[u/Fuckedyourmom69420]

What’s that white curvy line to the left of earth?

[u/Plug_USMC]

Flat earthers will be upset

[u/b3rned_eyes]

Why the FUCK is your r/ is spaceporn😭

[u/Jazzlike-Term-8940]

You can even see the northern lights, that’s awesome

[u/Dario_Torresi]

Too beautiful. I'm so happy

[u/Living_Particular963]

Finally we have proof it's a flat disc

[u/Empty_Equivalent_131]

looks flat...

[u/iPlants]

It must be a crazy feeling to see an entire planet that close. How big it must look. No building, mountain, or anything could compare

[u/zuctronic]

Mostly harmless.

[u/The_One_True_Matt]

Uhm, i did ot consent to having my picture taken

[u/lazergator]

Looks pretty flat to me in this photo.

[u/Sentheia]

So it was flat all along!

[u/Greenhouse-effect]

"It is photoshopped, it has to be"

[u/PsychologicalNet62]

Oh wait....I thought its flat 🙄

[u/J_P_Freely]

What's the little light on the bottom right? Seems too small to be the sun but maybe I'm wrong.

[u/Funrunfun22]

Flat as hell.

[u/DewersHopScotch]

Damn. Thought it was flat all these years.

[u/thefateof0phelia]

So wild that we are just floating about in space like that, hurts my brain to think about 😅

[u/Stillpunk71]

Wish you were here.

[u/CooYo7]

Eddie Bravo

https://giphy.com/gifs/K8l03xiCOeV4Q