IS THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE, CAPTURED FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE IN A FIRST LIGHT EARTHRISE FRAME FROM THE LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER'S CONTINUOUS DATA STREAM.
THIS ONe WAS RENDERED AS A 4K VIDEO BY ERNIE WRIGHT OF THE UNIVERSITY SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION.
UNLIKE THE HAND-HELD HASSELBLAD THAT FIRST PUT THE WHOLE EARTH ON KODACHROME SIX DECADES AGO, THE LRO IS EFFECTIVELY AN IMAX CAMERA RUNNING 24-7, THAT CAN RESOLVE THE PLANETARY LIMB INTO SLIVERS SO EXQUISITELY NARROW THAT THE ATMOSPHERE IS ONLY FEW PIXELS THICK,
WITH A LITTLE GAMMA CORRECTION, YOU CAN SEE A LOT JUST BY OBSERVING.
