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    NASA shares a new photo of the Moon that features both its bright and dark side


    NASA’s statement on Twitter:

    >> Make new friends, but keep the old. A new photo captures the Moon's near side on the right (the side we see from Earth, identifiable by its dark splotches) and its far side on the left. The Artemis II crew are the first to see the far side with human eyes.

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    8. SupremeGobbler1996 on

      First humans ever to see the dark side with their eyes? What about the Apollo 13 crew? 

    14. crubeens on

      The crew asking for one of the craters to be named after Reid’s late wife had me crying my eyes out 😭

    18. WideConversation1989 on

      Huge fan of The Dark Side Of The Moon

      ![gif](giphy|26BRMwn7YTid6KxWw)

    19. asteinberg101 on

      There’s no dark side of the moon, really. Matter of fact, it’s all dark.

    20. Pinksamuraiiiii on

      I really hope another moon landing happens. I’ll be so excited. It’s been a while.

    21. gamersecret2 on

      That is one of those photos that makes space feel both beautiful and unreal at the same time.

    24. OldSandwich9631 on

      I loved when they named the craters! One being named for Reid’s late wife.

    26. CoreFiftyFour on

      There isn’t a Light and Dark side of the moon in the way the title is saying.

      The moon is tidally locked to the earth. So the Near side is the side we always see and why we see the same surface features always. The Far side is the side always facing away from the earth.

      Both sides can be light or dark dependent on where we and the moon are in reference to the sun which is why you have phases of the moon with different amounts of visible light and dark spots of the moon and why when in an eclipse, the near side is dark and the far side is lit.

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