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Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman's first image of the Earth - Rotated to N-S orientation.
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Straight of Gibraltar in the upper right.
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2026
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That ought to be the most terrifying and awesome thing to experience. Seeing the thing you spent your entire life on, and everything you know and love and ever experienced is sitting on it, get smaller and smaller as you drift in the vast darkness of space.
You really gotta try not to panic while you're up there.
That’s why the best selling book in the universe has “Don’t Panic” printed in large, friendly letters on the cover.
I hope your comment gets 42 upvotes, not more, no less.
Farewell and thanks for all the fish!
I bumped it to 8.
I did my part
Towel day in 51 days!