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00:00And somewhere along the way, on flight day 6, they're going to break the Apollo distance record.
00:06In the process, they're going to get to see some craters on the moon that during Apollo
00:11were always in the dark. For example, Mare Orientale. No human being has ever seen this
00:18crater with a naked eye. The images of it were captured by satellites. An epic picture has
00:25already circulated around the world. It shows Earth in its full glory from about 64 thousand
00:31kilometers away. If you look closely, you can even see the greenish shimmering aurora borealis at the
00:38pose. Absolutely breathtaking. That's only possible because the picture was taken on the night side of
00:46Earth. Here the Earth is illuminated by the moon. That allows the camera to capture even some stars
00:52and indeed the aurora without clouds and other parts of the image being overexposed.
00:58Whether it is a new Earthrise, you can't tell today.

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