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.

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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