Blue Ghost lander captures sunset shots on moon before falling silent

phys.org

103 points by pseudolus a month ago


perihelions - a month ago

Here's the other photos of Earth eclipses seen from the moon,

https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/114163135356046535

celeritascelery - a month ago

I am curious what causes these landers to fail in the bitter cold of night? Is it the batteries? It seems like circuitry should be fine.

crazygringo - a month ago

I don't understand these photos at all. Why does it look like there are two suns in two of the photos -- one at the horizon and one above?

Is one of them lens flare or something? I don't think the top one could be an overexposed earth because we're obviously looking at the earth's dark side. And in the other photo (middle in the galley) it looks like a little bit of the earth is eclipsing the second sun.

babyent - a month ago

o7 buddy

Damn I honestly feel for the lander even though it’s just a machine lol