Aug 25, 2024, 06:25 AM IST

10 spectacular images of Moon shared by NASA

Pravrajya Suruchi

The Lunar Orbiter 2 captured an oblique view looking north towards the Copernicus crater on the Moon.

During the total solar eclipse, the Sun's corona, which is only visible at this time, appears as a crown of white flares radiating from the Sun's surface.

On December 13, 1972, scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt was photographed while working beside a massive boulder at Station 6.

On July 20, 1969, a close-up photograph captured an astronaut's bootprint in the lunar soil during the Apollo 11 mission.

NASA's Galileo spacecraft captured this image of Earth's Moon on December 7, 1992, during its journey to explore the Jupiter system from 1995 to 1997.

This composite image of the Moon, created using data from the Clementine mission in 1994, represents the view most commonly seen during a full moon.

Astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin is captured in a photograph standing beside the U.S. flag during an Apollo 11 moonwalk on the lunar surface.

Apollo astronaut James B. Irwin, the lunar module pilot, is seen working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the first extravehicular activity on the lunar surface during the Apollo 15 mission.

Source: NASA