Rare, Stunning Photos: Dark Side of Moon Passing Over Earth
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By Ryan Grenoble
The Huffington Post
8-5-15
It's a regular celestial event witnessed from an entirely different perspective, and it sure is mesmerizing.
Last month, the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) captured a series of test photos with its Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera. From its lofty perch 1 million miles from Earth, EPIC looked on as the moon transited our planet (above).
In a Wednesday release accompanying the image, NASA notes that humans had never seen the far side of the moon (often called the "dark side," though it gets plenty of sunlight) until 1959, when the Soviet Luna 3 captured the first-ever images....
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