Earthset

Since October, a Japanese space mission called Kaguya has been orbiting the moon, taking all sorts of measurements and sending back pictures.  It gets little notice here, considering that the U.S. sent its first Lunar Orbiters in 1966. But that was before HDTV.  Kaguya — actually an orbiter accompanied by two relay satellites — is equipped with a high-def camera, which has sent back images like the one above.  Click HERE for a larger version, and HERE for other, less colorful ones. Looks like something a special effects artist would create, doesn’t it?
(Image credit: JAXA/NHK.  Hat tip to Science@NASA for pointing this out.)