Stars are dim. Earth and the Moon are bright. If you exposed the shot such that stars would be visible, the Earth and the Moon would be horrendously overexposed.
If you look at this one of the moonlit nightside of the Earth they took on the way out, you can see stars. The website has EXIF-data on the bottom with more info on the exposure.
To save people a click: ISO is 51200 (in layman’s terms: holy shit it goes this high?) and they still exposed for 1/4s (somewhat normal for low-light photography) at an aperture of f/2.8 (gaping hole).
Just the light contrast. Stars are not as bright as the light from the sun reflecting off the Earth and the Moon. If they adjusted the exposure enough to see the stars, the Earth and Moon would look blindingly bright in comparison.
It truly needs to be very dark for stars to be easily visible, to the extent that the mere lights from a nearby city shining through the atmosphere are enough to render them invisible on a clear night.
Others have answered, but here's an extra bit of trivia: space looks like a deep dark void with these two in frame...
...turn around, when the sun and planets aren't interfering and you see the stars. An absolute sea of stars that space appears full of them. Apparently it's pretty damn fantastic.
If you're okay with your data being effectively public, it is absolutely an amazing note to keeping software. By far the best UI of anything I've found.
jfc you can do that with plain text and any file syncer, you don't need the Ad Conglomerate Prime, Third Most Evil Corporation to store your literal internal thoughts
It's a big disappointment that Trump and his murderous rampage is overshadowing something so awesome and inspiring. The news doesn't even care that we sent people to the other side of the moon.
Don't wish for that. Space literally gains nothing for us on Earth. It's a side project of the MIC. A vanity project for the extremely privileged. Corny space bro bullshit.
54 Comments
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 115 pts · 140d
This has to be the coolest one.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 44 pts · 140d
No stars! They haven’t learned from their stupid mistake 60 years ago! /s
Sailing7@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 140d
Actually, now that you point it out, do you happen to know why there are no stars visible?
Is it day on the moon on that picture or whats the cause? O.o
Deme@sopuli.xyz · 51 pts · 140d
Stars are dim. Earth and the Moon are bright. If you exposed the shot such that stars would be visible, the Earth and the Moon would be horrendously overexposed.
If you look at this one of the moonlit nightside of the Earth they took on the way out, you can see stars. The website has EXIF-data on the bottom with more info on the exposure.
Reginald_T_Biter@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 139d
Holy shit what a picture that is. I always think of Sagan's pale blue dot speech when I see stuff like this. Perspective is a funny thing.
bleistift2@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 139d
To save people a click: ISO is 51200 (in layman’s terms: holy shit it goes this high?) and they still exposed for 1/4s (somewhat normal for low-light photography) at an aperture of f/2.8 (gaping hole).
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
Nice try! I know the render job for this photo just wasn't very good!
zikzak025@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 140d
Just the light contrast. Stars are not as bright as the light from the sun reflecting off the Earth and the Moon. If they adjusted the exposure enough to see the stars, the Earth and Moon would look blindingly bright in comparison.
It truly needs to be very dark for stars to be easily visible, to the extent that the mere lights from a nearby city shining through the atmosphere are enough to render them invisible on a clear night.
Sailing7@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 140d
That was quite qiick and well worded. Thank you!
lordbritishbusiness@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 138d
Others have answered, but here's an extra bit of trivia: space looks like a deep dark void with these two in frame...
...turn around, when the sun and planets aren't interfering and you see the stars. An absolute sea of stars that space appears full of them. Apparently it's pretty damn fantastic.
Edit: here's one now: Starstruck
BzzBiotch@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 140d
Oh damn, that is just gorgeous 🤤
fenrasulfr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 139d
New background aquired.
chasteinsect@programming.dev · 3 pts · 138d
You got a link to the photo? Would like to know when it was shot. Can't seem to find the exact pic on their site
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 138d
Oh weird, I guess the photos cycle out on the "new" page.
Here are all the pics of just the lunar flyby, including the one I posted above:
https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/
chasteinsect@programming.dev · 2 pts · 138d
Thanks!
Resplendent606@piefed.social · 45 pts · 140d
This is just a reminder that the current proposed budget cuts NASA's budget (again) by 23%.
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
Thanks for the reminder. I had just forgotten that I probably have to get a new job next year.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 140d
If you download their app it will change your phone background daily to picture of the day. It's been awesome!
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 140d
Google keep gang
Jolteon@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 139d
If you're okay with your data being effectively public, it is absolutely an amazing note to keeping software. By far the best UI of anything I've found.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 139d
Honestly I wish someone wrote an OS clone. The UI isn't all that complex
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 140d
It's very useful plus my job requires sharing notes around so we use this.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 140d
Yes. I offload all my thoughts into my Keep. I can then use it to see what i was thinking about in the past
aketawi@quokk.au · 1 pts · 139d
jfc you can do that with plain text and any file syncer, you don't need the Ad Conglomerate Prime, Third Most Evil Corporation to store your literal internal thoughts
LytiaNP@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 139d
Might I ask what's worse than Google? And then what's worse than that?
krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 139d
Microslop and... Idk ¯_(ツ)_/¯ meta?
Honestly of the "magnificent 7" i genuinely think google and microsslop is the worst.
LytiaNP@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 138d
Maybe a hot take, but M$ is, imo, nowhere near as bad as Google or, god forbid, Meta.
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 139d
Theyre mining your comments right now. If a person doesnt care thats fine let them be.
robocall@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 140d
It's a big disappointment that Trump and his murderous rampage is overshadowing something so awesome and inspiring. The news doesn't even care that we sent people to the other side of the moon.
Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 140d
Well any diversion from the Epstein files is good for him
Mongostein@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 140d
It feels like this is the prequel to WarHammer 40k and Trump is what eventually becomes the God Emperor.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 138d
Why should they? What kind of sociopath cares about this bullshit in the middle of multiple genocides?
TimeNaan@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 140d
I've had the Astronomy Picture Of the Day set as my wallpaper source on KDE.
Almost every day I see something stunningly beautiful. Would recommend.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 140d
Ooh, I should look into this for GNOME.
lesnout27@feddit.org · 6 pts · 139d
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1202/nasa-apod/ Found! I'll test it later :)
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
Beautiful! Thanks
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 140d
YET ANOTHER FAKED MOON LANDING PHOTO BY THE LIBERAL GLOBALIST CULTURAL MARXIST ELITE
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d
JET FUEL DOESN'T MELT 5G SIGNALS WAKE UP SHEEPLE
Jolteon@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 139d
Don't wake the sheeple you idiot, are you trying to get us all killed?
FauxLiving@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
There's an XKCD for everything. How do they know?!
NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
It looks soo realistic though!
whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 140d
LifeLikeLady@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 140d
Just wish I could be excited about space...
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 139d
You aren't? How does that work? As someone terminally excited by space it's hard to comprehend someone not.
thax@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 139d
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 138d
What have we learned that's so mind blowing?
thax@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 138d
AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 137d
Hey, happened to the best of us so don't sweat it, I'm glad you were excited to share some science so I'm grateful for that.
snugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 138d
Yeah this isn't the big milestone mission but it's nice to see we're actually doing something more tangible than LEO for once in my lifetime.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 1 pts · 139d
Same.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 139d
You might be depressed or something. Like legitimately. Not taking cheap shots and having a dig, but seriously.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 138d
Don't wish for that. Space literally gains nothing for us on Earth. It's a side project of the MIC. A vanity project for the extremely privileged. Corny space bro bullshit.
It's nothing new at all: Whitey on the Moon
TrickDacy@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
Yes they are!
Karmanopoly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
I like the green screen fuck ups and when the plushie doesn't leave a shadow
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 138d
I would rather have healthcare than a photo set.
Presently42@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 138d
I think we can have both