The Earth-and-Moon photo

36:28predicted many, many episodes ago. >> Yes. >> Because we had gotten data about where the Orion was going to be and how far away from the moon it was going to be. And I said, "If they're that far away, then there should be an opportunity to get the moon and the Earth in the same shot. The entire moon." >> The entire, right. >> And here we see that. The entire visible part of the moon and the Earth in the same shot. They have the same crescent facing the same direction because in this case the moon the the sun, where all the light is coming from, is you know, up. >> It's from the top of the screen. I just want to know, if you're still listening and not watching this particular episode, we really encourage you to to take a a

37:09watch because the imagery is incredible. So, what we're saying is the sun's coming in from the top, which is why the top of both spheres >> Yeah, is the same crescent in the same direction. And it's just absolutely a phenomenal photo because it shows just how small Earth is compared to the big moon. The moon is much smaller than the Earth, but here in this perspective, they're so far away that the Earth is so small. The Earth is so small that it's about the size of what the moon is to us, which means they could they could put up their thumb or a few fingers and cover up the entire Earth with a few fingers. >> Classic saying, "I've got the whole world >> billion, close to 8 billion people just like that. And there's four people behind that photo.

37:50>> It's It's almost everybody except the people on the ISS and any classified missions. >> No, even the ISS is right there. >> there. Yeah, like, "No, no, no, it's so close to >> Yeah. >> Is similar >> Everyone The classified missions, I'm not so sure. I don't know where they are. But, everyone except for those four are in that sliver. >> It's It's just such >> That's where all of humanity is. Right? >> Everyone you know. >> Yeah. >> Everyone you love. >> Yeah. All of the wars, all of everything. And so, that that that is by far my favorite photo that has come out of this mission. >> And it's we covered it in our February episode when Artemis was originally supposed to launch and I understood what you were saying.

38:30>> Mhm. >> But obviously I didn't visualize and kind of internalize the emotional connection to like what it feels like to see us in that context. >> Yeah. >> It's pretty it's pretty insane. I know we've seen it kind of before, right? With the one you mentioned earlier, but this is I'm alive for this one. >> You know what I mean? >> Yeah, and it's like and there was a human being behind that photo that literally saw that out his window. >> Yes. >> window. >> Yes. >> Right? >> Yeah. >> Oh my gosh. >> It's quite nice. >> One of the cool things that they were doing on this lunar flyby, I was watching the live stream and they were using camera shrouds to protect from the glare of the internal lights because you

39:10can imagine if the lights are on and I'm trying to take a photo through a window, then the lights are going to bounce off the window and they're going to get into the photo, right? So so they had these camera shrouds where it would cover the entire window, but it would have a hole where the lens could go through. >> Mhm. >> Now, one of the funniest things was they reported that the Earth from the other window was too bright. And so NASA was like, "I don't know they use a t-shirt." And they used a t-shirt to cover up the Earth because the Earth was coming in from the other window and ruining the photographs. And it just goes to show that like you can't think of everything. >> No, you can't. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> So when you're up there, you've got like time is running out. We're we're going

39:51around the moon at thousands of kilometers an hour and time is running out. What do we do? Okay, sure. Like just put a shirt like it's like stuff that I would think of, you know? >> Yes. >> On like if I did a astrophotography thing, it's like, "Okay, let's put a shirt around the telescope because this random light is coming through." >> No, they and they this is after having done training on the ground for how to shoot and it's like, "Oh, we forgot that there's a window over there." >> There's a a over there and the Earth is going to be exactly at the right spot that it's like coming in and like it's actually hella bright. >> Yeah, yeah, yeah. >> You know, for some reason. >> Yeah. >> If If anyone's tried to take a photo with your iPhone, right? Uh like and I mean you we all see it. You get the glare and the reflection and all kinds

40:32of stuff. >> Yeah, and if there's another even even if the photo even if the um the light source is not in the photo frame, >> Right. >> it's going to So, one of the good ways to do it is just to put something over. >> Yeah, yeah. >> And >> Yeah, that would make sense. >> block >> that light, right? Okay, so finally, now that they've had Earth set, >> Yes. >> cuz the Earth is set, now they're going around the Moon. >> Yes. >> And now the Sun is going to set around the Moon. >> Yes. >> But if the Sun sets around the Moon, that's a eclipse. >> Yes. >> Right? That's a solar eclipse, so you need some solar eclipse glasses. >> Yes. >> So, they put on their solar eclipse