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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."
Kono shashin wa JAXA to NHK goran no suponsaa no tei kyou de okurishimasu.
... it's the earth.
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...
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!
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.