14 DAY TRIAL // Back in July, the DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) satellite, launched on February 11 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, delivered a stunning view of our planet imaged from an astounding 1 million miles (1.6 million kilometers) away.
Then, just the other day, NASA scientists released an animation comprising a series of images also produced by the DSCOVR satellite and revealing the dark side of the Moon, Earth's natural satellite.
This so-called dark side of the Moon is never visible to us. The recently launched DSCOVR satellite, however, managed to image it in gorgeous detail just as the orb was moving in front of our planet.
“A NASA camera aboard the DSCOVR satellite captured a unique view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth last month. The series of test images shows the fully illuminated ‘dark side’ of the Moon that is never visible from Earth,” scientists say.
In this video, the Moon is shown moving across the Pacific Ocean near North America. The North Pole is positioned in the image's upper left corner.
In case anyone was wondering, the dark side of the Moon remained an utter and complete mystery until 1959, when a Soviet spacecraft dubbed Luna 3 visited it and pictured it for the first time ever.
