Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Now This is Pretty Cool

Two of the Earth's moons in one shot:
Hartnett was in Houston, Texas—at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, appropriately enough—on Jan. 4, 2012 when she snapped this. It shows the Moon, just a few days past half full, with the International Space Station sailing past it to the upper left. The station is in low-Earth orbit, so it's much closer than the Moon; it's just a little perspective and orbital mechanics that made them look so close together.

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