Wow! Amazing APOD today.. blue crescent Moon from Space!

[iceman (Mike)]

What an awe-inspiring image..

It looks like artwork from those fantastic artists that create images of other worlds..

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070320.html

Just beautiful.

[sheeny (Al)]

Cool! Very arty! What I wouldn't give for the opportunity to see that first hand!

Al.

[Dennis]

What a sublime photograph. I just love it and all the feelings of awe it invokes deep in my being.

Cheers

Dennis

[John Saunders]

Wow...awesome photo.

John

[davidpretorius]

beautiful

[seeker372011 (Narayan)]

Originally Posted by sheeny

Cool! Very arty! What I wouldn't give for the opportunity to see that first hand!

Al.

$250,000 I think once Virgin gets their space fights going

[mickoking]

Beautiful

[Gargoyle_Steve (Steve)]

If you look closely at the "big version" (right click to open as usual) there is a conspicuously bright speck over where the lower half of the moon should be.

Hot pixel, or a satellite of some sort .... any other suggestions?

[Ric]

Very nice, very other worldly

Cheers

[Dujon]

Originally Posted by Gargoyle_Steve

If you look closely at the "big version" (right click to open as usual) there is a conspicuously bright speck over where the lower half of the moon should be.

Hot pixel, or a satellite of some sort .... any other suggestions?

I too noticed that, Steve. At first I thought it could be light from a bright background object refracted through the atmosphere, however there are no other bright objects in the 'space' section of the image.

On looking closely it appears to my be-glassed eyes that there is a very faint vertical trail beneath the spot. So it could be launch of some description (though I wouldn't expect the trail to be so straight and vertical). My guess therefore is that it's some sort of artefact produced by the processing or chips, or perhaps a rogue reflection of some description.

To be honest I don't know. Lovely image - quite surreal.

[astro_nutt]

Truely an awesome sight that can only be witnessed by a privilged few and shared amongst many....
As for the speck..I thought it might be a spot of light reflecting off/along/through the porthole from the inside..
Still...a beautiful image.
Cheers!