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The Blue Ghost lander just witnessed a lunar eclipse — from the moon

This wasn’t the first time a spacecraft watched an eclipse from the moon

A bright burst of light shines from the edge of a dark disk, creating a dramatic contrast against the black sky.

From the surface of the moon, the Firefly lander captured this photo of a lunar eclipse — or from its perspective, a solar eclipse — on March 14 at 4:30 am EDT, capturing the "diamond ring" effect of the sun about to emerge from totality from behind Earth.

Firefly Aerospace

By Lisa Grossman

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The privately-owned Blue Ghost moon lander, built by Texas-based company Firefly Aerospace, has captured rare views of a lunar eclipse from the moon’s surface.