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The Best iPhone ad Apple Never Made — Watch NASA’s Mind-Blowing Video of the Earth Setting Behind the Moon, Shot on an iPhone 17 Pro Max
The handheld clip shows Earth slipping behind the Moon, and Wiseman said the iPhone view could reach millions online.
- On Sunday, Mission Commander Reid Wiseman shared viral iPhone footage of an Earthset captured on April 6 during Artemis II, using an 8x zoom lens pressed against the Orion capsule window.
- The crew reached a record-breaking distance of 252,756 miles from Earth when the video was captured, and NASA explained an Earthset occurs as the spacecraft moves behind the lunar horizon, causing Earth to drop from view.
- Wiseman described the experience as "like watching a sunset at the beach, but from the most unfamiliar seat in the universe," while Astronaut Christina Koch captured high-resolution images using professional equipment.
- Social media users described the footage as a "once in a lifetime" view, marking the first time humans witnessed such lunar phenomena in over 50 years since the Apollo era.
- Artemis serves as Apollo's successor, aiming to establish a sustainable lunar presence by 2028 and build a base supporting future Mars exploration, positioning America to accomplish the near-impossible.
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The astronaut, Reid Wiseman, recently released a video recorded with his iPhone, where you can see the majesty of planet Earth from the Moon: “It’s like watching the sunset on the beach from a seat in the cosmos.
From an orbital window, a rare scene has been immortalized: the Earth lying, hidden behind the Moon, filmed without editing from space.
Astronomers claim that saying “the setting of the Sun” would not be a correct expression from the scientific point of view, since the star never sets, but rather our planet orbits it. But that expression is as old as humanity, when it began to wonder about the exit and hiding of the star on the horizon. That phrase is the one used by Reid Wiseman, commander of the Artemis II mission, and renamed it to describe “the setting of the Earth” in the p…
Epic 'Earthset' video was shot on iPhone, and is a must-watch
NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman has shared a spectacular "Earthset" video from the Artemis II mission, shot on iPhone. You really need to watch it.Earthset, shot on iPhone - Image Credit: Reid WisemanThe Artemis II mission has been a big marketing boon for Apple, due to the astronauts being supplied the iPhone 17 Pro Max for the round-Moon flight. While there have been stunning images shared from the mission, with some short on the iPhones, one just…
American astronaut and captain of the Artemis II mission, Reid Wiseman, shared on Sunday the video of a "laying down of Earth" on social networks.
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