Firefly's 'Athena' Lander Watched Friday's Eclipse - from the Moon (space.com) 6
"For the first time in history, a privately operated lunar lander has captured images of a total eclipse from the Moon's surface," reports Daily Galaxy.
While the Athena lunar lander tipped over and ended its mission, elsewhere on the moon Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander "continues to beam home incredible imagery," writes Space.com, and since its landing on March 2 "has been sending us stunning photos and videos..." A new video of Blue Ghost's moon-side view captures the eerie red light on the moon (caused by sunlight refracting through the atmosphere over the edges of the earth). "Blue Ghost turns red!" Firefly writes on their mission updates page.
A SpaceX photographer also captured the eclipse as it happened over a Falcon 9 rocket waiting to launch to the International Space Station, in a remarkable time-lapse photograph.
And Space.com collects more interesting lunar-eclipse photos taken from around the world, including Appin, Scotland; Canberra, Australia; and Palm Springs, California...
While the Athena lunar lander tipped over and ended its mission, elsewhere on the moon Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander "continues to beam home incredible imagery," writes Space.com, and since its landing on March 2 "has been sending us stunning photos and videos..." A new video of Blue Ghost's moon-side view captures the eerie red light on the moon (caused by sunlight refracting through the atmosphere over the edges of the earth). "Blue Ghost turns red!" Firefly writes on their mission updates page.
A SpaceX photographer also captured the eclipse as it happened over a Falcon 9 rocket waiting to launch to the International Space Station, in a remarkable time-lapse photograph.
And Space.com collects more interesting lunar-eclipse photos taken from around the world, including Appin, Scotland; Canberra, Australia; and Palm Springs, California...
Title error (Score:5, Informative)
Too bad they didn't plan to have the right camera (Score:3)
So the video didn't really show much except shades of orange.
For a permanent and useful solar eclipse show from space, check out https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/ [nasa.gov]
The video of that October comet with the simultaneous incoming solar flare is nothing short of amazing:
https://soho.nascom.nasa.gov/p... [nasa.gov]
Conspiracy theory (Score:2)
Where's the corona on the pictures taken from the moon? 1. Is the Earth so fucking morbidly obese that it blocks the corona too? 2.They can't adjust exposure adequately to catch it?
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no corona, sorry [Re:Conspiracy theory] (Score:4, Informative)
Where's the corona on the pictures taken from the moon? 1. Is the Earth so fucking morbidly obese that it blocks the corona too? 2.They can't adjust exposure adequately to catch it?
Correct. The moon is nearly exactly the same angular diameter (viewed from Earth) as the sun, so when the moon is in front of the sun, it blocks the sun but not the corona. The Earth is four times the angular diameter (viewed from the Moon), so when the Earth is in front of the sun, you don't see the sun or the corona.
(also, the Earth has an atmosphere, so when it's in front of the sun, it's not completely blocking the sunlight, since some sunlight is forward-scattered by the atmosphere.)
I'm confused... (Score:2)
Which character did Lander play? According to IMDB there is no Athena in the series? j/k :D