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islandbytestoday at 3:02 PM4 repliesview on HN

Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.


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andyjohnson0today at 3:07 PM

> Just looks like the Moon.

It is the moon.

> Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.

The "Dark Side of the Moon" is a misnomer. It gets as much light as the side we can see.

BigTTYGothGFtoday at 3:06 PM

That's because it's the near side, not the far side.

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