This NASA photo of Earth and crescent moon will actually stun your brain

[n2doc]

Crescent Moon Rising and Earth’s Atmosphere: On Feb. 1, 2014, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata tweeted this view of a crescent moon rising and the cusp of Earth’s atmosphere. Distinct colors are visible because the dominant gases and particles in each layer of the atmosphere act as prisms, filtering out certain colors of light.Credit: NASA

http://blog.seattlepi.com/bigscience/2014/02/06/this-nasa-photo-of-earth-and-crescent-moon-will-actually-stun-your-brain/

[Catherine Vincent]

1. That's beautiful

[liberal N proud]

2. Nice!

[tridim]

3. Obviously my new desktop wallpaper. Wow!

[shireen]

6. original source, in case you want a bigger image

http://www.nasa.gov/content/crescent-moon-rising-and-earths-atmosphere/#.UvQvZf13Zc1

[tridim]

10. Thanks! I was looking and hadn't found anything yet.

[Auggie]

4. Makes me feel very small

[Hekate]

5. Gorgeous!

Thank you.

[ybbor]

7. ROYGBIV, or in this case VIBGYOR

Awesome!

[Aldo Leopold]

8. And it gets more stunning as you zoom in.

WOW!

[calimary]

9. Wow!!!!

Amazing!

[edbermac]

11. Earthrise and The Blue Marble do it for me.

From Apollo 8



From Apollo 17

[Coyotl]

12. Yeah, stunning how polluted our atmosphere is!

That red band, that's the polluted layer.

[47of74]

13. Pretty.

Mind blown.

[blkmusclmachine]

14. But yet, can't get decent pictures on driver's license.

[Nitram]

15. Beautiful photo.

But brain un-stunned.