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The Dark Side and the Bright Side

The Deep Space Climate Observatory captured a unique view of the Moon as it passed between the spacecraft and Earth. The Artemis mission will soon take us back for closeups.


NASA image courtesy of the DSCOVR EPIC team. Caption by Rob Gutro, with Mike Carlowicz. DSCOVR is a partnership between NASA, NOAA and the U.S. Air Force, with the primary objective of maintaining the nation’s real-time solar wind monitoring capabilities.

Published August 6, 2015
Data acquired July 16, 2015

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DSCOVR > EPIC
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Earth from Afar