The glow on the bottom right of the image is “zodiacal light,” a faint glow also referred to as “false dawn,” that appears due to rays of light being scattered by interplanetary dust as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

The crew of Artemis II just captured a series of dazzling images of the Earth and moon.

The Artemis II crew flew farther from Earth than any humans in history as they passed over the far side of the moon on Monday night.

Humanity has seen similar images to the one below, beginning with the iconic Earthrise image captured by Apollo 8. But these are the highest-resolution images of the phenomenon and hint at a future with far more time spent near, and on, the Moon’s surface.

The astronauts on Artemis II observed parts of the moon humans had never seen before. Their findings provide a scientific baseline — and sense of wonder — for future missions.

The NASA-led Artemis II mission, carrying a four-person crew beyond Earth orbit for the first time since 1972, conducted a seven-hour flyby of the moon.

The Artemis II astronauts witnessed a solar eclipse from space during their historic flyby over the moon, a sight few have seen in person.

As NASA’s Artemis II mission unfolds, with four astronauts on the first crewed lunar voyage since 1972’s Apollo 17, the U.S.’s elite status as the only nation to ever send humans to the moon remains