Nasa Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of the Earth

[NeoGreen]

Too cool...

From a Million Miles Away, NASA Camera Shows Moon Crossing Face of Earth

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/from-a-million-miles-away-nasa-camera-shows-moon-crossing-face-of-earth

A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. The series of test images shows the fully illuminated “dark side” of the moon that is never visible from Earth.


The images were captured by NASA’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC), a four megapixel CCD camera and telescope on the DSCOVR satellite orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. From its position between the sun and Earth, DSCOVR conducts its primary mission of real-time solar wind monitoring for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

[Fred Sanders]

1. Planet Earth as seen from a million miles away:

“It is surprising how much brighter Earth is than the moon," said Adam Szabo, DSCOVR project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "Our planet is a truly brilliant object in dark space compared to the lunar surface".

[countryjake]

2. NASA's satellite images are now up on YouTube...

Published on Aug 5, 2015 on the NASA YouTube Channel.


This animation features actual satellite images of the far side of the moon, illuminated by the sun, as it crosses between the DSCOVR spacecraft's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope, and the Earth - one million miles away.

[creeksneakers2]

3. I'm wondering

Isn't the moon one fourth of the size of the earth? It looks smaller than that in the picture. If the picture is taken from the other side of the moon, shouldn't perspective make the moon look bigger?