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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  • edgemaster72English
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    1 hour ago

    Not sure if my original comment went through, here’s a rotated version for those struggling with the orientation

    Edit: Tried to line up as similar an angle as I could be bothered to on Google Maps

      • sugarfoot00@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        3 hours ago

        North Africa. That’s the strait of Gibraltar and Spain lower left. It’s not in the orientation that you’re used to, north is somewhere to the left.

    • skisnow@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      4 hours ago

      yeah, I can’t believe a team of professional astronauts don’t know which way up to hold a camera. I hope someone got fired for this.

      /s

    • anugeshtu
      6·
      6 hours ago

      Wait, so that image looks kind of… flat??? 🤔

      I’m just asking questions! Doing my own research!