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Earth over the lunar limb from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Earth over the lunar limb from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Earth over the lunar limb from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter used both narrow- and wide-angle cameras to capture this view of a colorful Earth beyond the lunar limb on October 12, 2015. The Moon's surface is a grayscale narrow-angle camera photo; Earth has been colorized with wide-angle camera data. Read more about how this photo was created at the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera website. Download a full-resolution PNG version here (53 MB). NASA / GSFC / ASU

DSCOVR took a photo of Earth at very nearly the same time.

DSCOVR EPIC image of Earth on October 12, 2015
DSCOVR EPIC image of Earth on October 12, 2015 Image: NASA