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They began the #BlueGhost presser with two pictures taken at / after sunset ... which they then didn't discuss further so far: on the left the Sun on the horizon and Venus (the dot) and Earth (overexposed) above it, on the right some glow over the Sun below the horizon which requires further analysis. So there ...

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Here is a time-lapse video posted by Firefly Aerospace of the solar eclipse and "diamond ring" seen by the Blue Ghost Lander last night.

The glowing ring of the eclipse is also reflected on the solar panel.

The large ring seen in the reflection on the solar panel is clearly an artifact.

Earth looks small because of the wide angle lens.

#BlueGhost healthily survived the ~2 hours of totality with little sunlight to charge its batteries.

youtube.com/watch?v=M2P-z_cXsO
fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gho
8/n

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And here it is, the first picture of a total #SolarEclipse from the surface of the Moon since 1967, taken by the #BlueGhost this morning: flickr.com/photos/fireflyspace - remember that this may look like your typical #DiamondRing picture at first, but with a total eclipse from Earth caused by the Moon the latter has the same size as the Sun, and it's the bright inner corona that closes the ring. Here it is the Earth's atmosphere forward-scattering sunlight and totally overwhelming the corona.