Earth in the Rear View Mirror

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn. Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn. Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Auroras along the North and South poles, the Sun about to peek out, and Venus visible in the bottom right. Amazing.

The photograph was taken with a Nikon D5, for those wondering.