Artemis 1 at its furthest point in its moon orbit, about 268,000 miles from earth.Purple_Haze t1_iy8s5bg wrote
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It looks to me like the North Pole is pointing up, so this is the "natural" orientation for the photo.
matthew_ri t1_iy8tgh0 wrote
Being pedantic, it could be the South Pole since it's more visibility white ¯\(ツ)/¯
Purple_Haze t1_iy8uhu8 wrote
The white I assume is cloud cover. Looks to me like there is more green/brown in the top half, and more blue in the bottom, so maybe Asia on top and the Indian and Pacific oceans below?
I am sure NASA didn't orient it randomly.
Rhaedas t1_iy8x1ly wrote
If you go by NASA's orbital diagram on the Artemis website and assume that Orion is actually turned the way they depict (following the path), then you would be correct, the shot we see here is "upside down". But I don't know if that's the case, and can't find anyone with a live orbital chart showing its exact position.
matthew_ri t1_iy9vlf2 wrote
You saying this is making me want to dig deeper into it
Rhaedas t1_iyartug wrote
Revisiting this because I went out and the Moon was visible, based on the phase of the Moon Orion is to the right from our viewpoint in our sky, so therefore the North pole is facing down to match up.
ulyssesfiuza t1_iyanyzq wrote
Being me, I can't see any detail lesser than you mamma.
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