I compared Artemis II mission's historic dark side of the moon photo with my Sony Alpha A6000, and the differences just blew me away

The Artemis II mission crew is making history almost by the minute, and as it prepares for its flight path around the moon, the Orion spaceship has been sharing some photos, including a side of the moon humans have never viewed directly before.

The image, currently posted on social media but likely to be added to the NASA multimedia library soon, is of a moon we both know and, well, one we don't.

This stunning image arrives just a day after Artemis II astronauts delivered the first-ever iPhone space photos — taken with the selfie camera, no less.

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