Moon Shots
Let's take a good look at our nearest celestial neighbor.
Courtesy of NASA01MOON SHOTS
Let's take a good look at our nearest celestial neighbor.
Photograph: Bill Ingalls/NASA02Moon Passing the Sun
Here, the moon is passing in front of the sun during a solar eclipse, seen from Northern Cascades National Park, Washington. On Monday, August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon, to Charleston, South Carolina.
Courtesy of NASA03Tiny Crescent Moon
On February 1, 2014, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata tweeted this view of a crescent moon rising and the cusp of Earths atmosphere.
Photograph: Joel Kowsky/NASA04ISS Silhouette
Look closely to see the silhouette of the International Space Station as it transits the moon at roughly 5 miles per second.
Courtesy of NASA05Waxing Crescent Moon
A waxing crescent moon shot from the ISS as it orbited 260 miles above Algeria on January 1, 2020.
Photograph: Brian Day/NASA Ames Research Center06Full Lunar Eclipse
A full lunar eclipse on April 15, 2014, seen from San Jose, California. These occur when the Earth, moon, and sun are in perfect alignment, blanketing the moon in the Earth's shadow.
Courtesy of NASA07Good Night, Moon
On July 2, 2015, astronaut Scott Kelly posted this picture of the moon taken from the ISS with the caption “Day 97. Good night, moon.”
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