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First Solar Eclipse Recorded From Moon
dazza101 writes "For the first time ever, we have witnessed a solar eclipse from the moon. On 10 February 2009 Japan's Kaguya lunar orbiter captured the sight of the Earth eclipsing the sun. The spacecraft also recorded this video showing the Earth surrounded by a glowing ring and briefly forming the classic diamond ring that often occurs during a solar eclipse, as seen from down here on Earth."
That's no moon...
The RIAA, on behalf of it's client Universal Media Studios, has issued a DMCA take down notice for the lunar orbiter's obvious infringement of the copyright of the opening credits to the television drama series Hereos.
FTFA: "A pudendal lunar eclipse is a phenomenon in which the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in tandem, hence the Moon is in the Earth's pudenda, or, when you look from the Moon, the Sun is partially covered by the Earth (partial eclipse.) During this phenomenon, the volume of sunlight to the Moon decreases, and the Moon's surface looks darker when you look at the Moon from the Earth. The KAGUYA, which circles around the Moon on its polar orbit, can witness this phenomenon only twice a year at most, thus it was very valuable to capture the moving images of the phenomenon from the KAGUYA."
Its either because some people still think we didn't land on the moon, some people were making fun of people who think we didn't land on the moon, or someone thinks that the images are photoshopped. Or just stills from "The Ring."
My god... my phone just rang...
Kono shashin wa JAXA to NHK goran no suponsaa no tei kyou de okurishimasu.
... it's the earth.
...who watched the video and suddenly expected the USS Enterprise to appear from the center of the light?
The hoax tag is for irony. This Japanese trip to the moon is real, in contrast to the 1969 USian trip that was faked.
..I might have beer right here at work.
Blimey. Eclipse or no eclipse, where I work, that's grounds for dismissal.
Are you folks hiring?
cheers,
Apollo 12 went through a solar eclipse on the way back from the Moon, shortly after leaving Lunar Orbit.
Yeah, and we almost had it on video too, until some moron opened the emergency exit door on the lunar studio and ruined the whole shoot...
It's already named after a legendary Moon princess. That story slightly predates Sailor Moon.
BTW, if you're tempted to "Whoosh" because you were joking and thought your joke went over my head, don't. It didn't go over; it clunked into the ground well short of "humorous".
Welcome to the Panopticon. Used to be a prison, now it's your home.
No; it's a picture the sun, actually. I don't get the big deal about this stupid picture; there's a whole fuckin planet in the way!
Oh wait, maybe that was dust on my monitor.
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
It's a schooner!
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First Solar Eclipse Recorded From Moon
But wasn't the first solar eclipse a really long time ago?
I know what you mean. Earth blocking sun? Happens every night to me.
Fansubbers often leave them in. Not the advertising block of course, but the ad from the sponsor, which usually consists of a single image, overlaid on which the names or logos of the sponsors, to a background of the theme music of the series, while a usually female voice says something along the lines of what OP said. Or so I'm told.