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Eclipse captured from moon’s perspective as lander takes photos throughout ‘historic’ occasion

By Editorial Board Published March 15, 2025 6 Min Read
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Eclipse captured from moon’s perspective as lander takes photos throughout ‘historic’ occasion

This week’s eclipse has been photographed from the moon’s perspective.

However fairly than being the lunar eclipse that was seen from Earth, on the moon it was a photo voltaic eclipse.

The photographs had been taken by a digicam on board the unmanned Blue Ghost spacecraft which efficiently landed on the planet earlier this month.

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Blue Ghost pictured forward of its launch and subsequent moon touchdown. Pic: Firefly Aerospace

Operator Firefly Aerospace mentioned it was the primary time in historical past {that a} business firm had operated actively on the moon throughout an eclipse.

In a complete lunar eclipse, the Earth strains up between the moon and the solar, hiding the moon from daylight.

On Friday, the moon turned purple in an occasion often called a blood moon. The complete lunar eclipse was seen from North and South America, whereas within the UK solely a partial lunar eclipse was seen.

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The primary image of the cosmic occasion from the moon exhibits the Earth starting to dam out the solar.

The photo voltaic eclipse will also be seen in a mirrored image of the lander’s photo voltaic panel in the identical image.

In a caption on X accompanying the 14 March photograph, Firefly Aerospace wrote: “BlueGhost caught her first look at the solar eclipse from the moon around 12.30am CDT – notice the glowing ring of light emerge in the reflection of our solar panel as the Earth began to block the sun!”

A second picture, captured from the touchdown web site, exhibits the “diamond ring” because the solar is about to emerge from totality behind Earth.

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A 3rd photograph confirmed the Blue Ghost flip a reddish color in the course of the occasion.

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Firefly Aerospace mentioned: “The red hue is the result of sunlight refracting through the Earth’s atmosphere as the sun is blocked by our planet, casting a shadow on the lunar surface. The glowing ring of the eclipse is again seen on Blue Ghost’s solar panel.”

Blue Ghost’s three photo voltaic panels have been powering the lander’s analysis devices for a 14-day mission on the moon.

The moon is seen during a total lunar eclipse in Hopkins, South Carolina, U.S. March 14, 2025.  REUTERS/Sam Wolfe

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The moon is seen throughout a complete lunar eclipse in Hopkins, South Carolina. Pic: Reuters

The four-legged Blue Ghost, which is the scale of a compact automobile, touched down on 2 March close to an historical volcanic vent on Mare Crisium, a big basin within the northeast nook of the moon’s Earth-facing facet.

It’s carrying 10 scientific payloads and used 21 thrusters to information itself to landing.

It has on board a vacuum to suck up moon grime for evaluation and a drill to measure temperatures as deep as 10 toes.

Firefly Aerospace turned the second non-public agency to hold out a moon touchdown, although it declared itself the primary firm to make a “fully successful” mushy touchdown.

Houston-based Intuitive Machine’s Odysseus lander made a lopsided landing final 12 months, touchdown largely intact however dooming a lot of its onboard devices.

Solely 5 nations have been profitable in soft-landings up to now: The then-Soviet Union, the US, China, India and Japan.

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