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Captured by Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander on March 14, 2025.

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[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

A solar eclipse is when the Moon passes in front of the Sun. In contrast, a lunar eclipse is when the Sun passes in front of the Moon!

[-] horse@feddit.org 2 points 8 hours ago

A lunar eclipse is when the earth passes between the sun and the moon.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Think what it would imply if the Sun passed between the Earth and the Moon. That's the joke.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 2 points 9 hours ago

I think a solar eclipse is when anything passes in front of the sun, ie when the sun is eclipsed. We just don't often see it from the moon

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 3 hours ago

Indeed. It's with respect to a viewer. Nothing is eclipsed in this image.

eclipse /ĭ-klĭps′/

The partial or complete obscuring, relative to a designated observer, of one celestial body by another.
The period of time during which such an obscuration occurs.

[-] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 2 hours ago

The viewer is the Blue Ghost lunar lander's camera here

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

TIL. Nature is amazing.

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