Stunning picture from NASA taken by the recently launched Orion vehicle as it looped around the Moon in the latest test flight as part of the project to return people to the Moon. Clearly the moon is much closer to the camera position than the Earth but the perspective is as thought provoking as that first Earth-rise picture taken on Christmas eve, 1968 while in Lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders. That photo has been said to be the most impactful environmental photograph ever taken, the reason I always felt that was said is not the obvious beauty of the azure jewel that is the Earth, but the terrifying opacity of the blackness surrounding us in seemingly infinite dimension.
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