A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)

More context on this #Artemis II image:

* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right

* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
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For International Children's Book Day, I'm highlighting a few books from the #IBBY Silent Books Collection in Italy's Lampedusa Library. One of these is the fascinating Italian picturebook, MVSEVM by Javier Sáez-Castán & @manuelmarsol.bsky.social. Amazing book! #KidLit #worldkidlit #silentbooks

For International Children's Book Day, I'm highlighting a few books from the #IBBY Silent Books Collection housed in Lampedusa Library in Italy. One of these is the beautiful Korean picturebook, 휴가 (Vacation) by Lee Myung-ae. A truly rejuvenating tale. #KidLit #worldkidlit #silentbooks

For International Children's Book Day, I'm highlighting a few books from the #IBBY Silent Books Collection housed in Lampedusa Library in Italy. One of these is the fascinating Italian picturebook, Il Fiore Ritrovato by Jeugov, a transformative wordless tale. #KidLit #worldkidlit #silentbooks

For International Children's Book Day, I'm highlighting a few books from the #IBBY Silent Books Collection housed in Lampedusa Library in Italy. One of these is the beautiful Finnish picturebook, Kadoksisa by @katinarhi.bsky.social. A beautiful tale of friendship. #KidLit #worldkidlit #silentbooks

For International Children's Book Day, I'm highlighting a few books from the #IBBY Silent Books Collection housed in Lampedusa Library in Italy. One of these is the beautiful Dutch picturebook, Rondo by Renske Gerstel. This phenomenal book has a very unique format. #KidLit #worldkidlit #silentbooks

Happy International Children's Book Day! #kidlit #ibby #worldkidlit

I won’t be able to attend because of time zones, but am proud that 2 books I translated were chosen for this year’s list. 🤩🤩

#kidlit #worldkidlit #xl8 #scbwi

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Just read the most interesting book. Alter-Nativo by Jorge Campos (published in Spain). Not going to lie, this wordless book really made me work. Perhaps the most complex picturebook (can it be considered a picturebook?) that I have ever read.