Image Credit: NASA Taken by Artemis II crew, The right hand side corner of the image, the South Pole is towards the top and the North Pole is towards the bottom left. If you zoom in, you can see auroras visible at both poles. The bright glow towards bottom right is zodiacal light, a glow caused by sunlight scattering off dust. The Sun is behind Earth, which is what is causing the glow. The left hand side corner image, popularly known as the “Blue Marble,” was captured as the Apollo 17 mission traveled towards the Moon in 1972. It is brighter because it shows Earth's daytime face, lit by sunlight. Both images show the continent of Africa. Artemis captured the northernmost part of it (oriented “upside down” in this view), while Apollo captured more of the central and western parts, as well as Madagascar.

Happy Earth Day! 🌎🌍🌏

This image shows our Earth 54 years apart

The bottom left corner represents an image taken in daytime by the crew of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972

The top right corner was taken this year showing Earth at nighttime taken by the crew of Artemis II

#EarthDay #Artemis #Apollo

“Earthset,” via NASA/Artemis II astronauts

Today on Earth Day we renew our commitment to protect our beautiful planet – its lands, its oceans, and its coasts. We have much to celebrate but much, much more to do.

Image of Earth bisected by the terminator line. The terminator divides Earth\u2019s surface diagonally, shrouding the top left half in darkness. Earth\u2019s illuminated surface is mostly blue and covered in swirling white clouds. Credit: NASA

Image of crescent Earth. Against the blackness of space, the shining blue and white of Earth appears like a smile. Credit: NASA

Image of Earth from the Artemis II mission. Earth fills the bottom half of the image, its surface covered in blue water and swirling white clouds. Earth\u2019s limb is a blue glow against the curvature of Earth. Credit: NASA

Image of Earth from the Artemis II mission. Earth fills the top half of the image. Through the gaps in white cloud cover, green and brown land masses are visible, as is blue water. Credit: NASA

WE HAVE NEW IMAGES OF EARTH FROM ARTEMIS II!!!

LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR PLANET IS!! HAPPY EARTH DAY!

I love your Stitch cap!

Weight training class in high school was legitimately my favorite PE class over all my years of mandatory schooling. Instead of competing with others, I, thoroughly unathletic, was competing against myself. My teacher/coach graded us on improvement and progressive overload, not raw weight moved.

HOUSTON (AP) — Artemis II’s astronauts return to Earth, ending a record-breaking trip around the moon with a splashdown in the Pacific.

Every single one of the astronauts who went to the moon and back on Artemis II was educated at a public school.

Thinking of the teachers who poured into Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen tonight. You helped send a kid to the moon!

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it is so annoying how persistent the idea that austin is the only left-leaning city in texas. both san antonio and houston also have democratic mayors and democratic majority city councils

65% of of urban voters in texas voted for Harris

there are diverse, queer communities all across the state

This photo from Artemis II contains all living humans and the moon 6 april 2026

This image from Artemis II shows both the moon and Earth—with all living humans in a single photo

Artemis II crew going out of range behind the moon: "Love your neighbour as yourself. We love you from the moon. See you on the other side"

We just watched both episodes! 😁

Yep! It cooks them only while it's coming up to pressure and then stops when it's fully pressurized! Gives tenderness but still leaves a nice snap!

Yep, we say "insta pot", too! We use ours mostly to cook vegetables (zero minutes works well on many) or make dulce de leche 😛

Time to get your air purifiers in working order, purchase those replacement filters, stock up on N95s and figure out a way to seal up any leaks before wildfire smoke rolls into town this summer.

NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast) YouTube video by NASA

Space is really exciting and you better believe I'm watching the live stream. LET'S GO. 🚀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U...

The view of Artemis II from my parents' dock.

How wonderful! I'm happy for you and hope the processing is speedy! 🍁

Happiest of birthdays! May you have many more!

Monarch butterfly population increases 64% Two new reports estimate a 64% increase in species population and a significant decrease in forest degradation in the butterfly's winter home

Fantastic news! 🦋🦋 Link to full report in 🧵 www.worldwildlife.org/news/stories...

They're fantastic and worth the three days' aging! I hope you and your coworkers enjoy them!

The Jacques Torres cookie is one of my favorites to make!

Holy shit we might have a cure for sickle cell anemia

Hey! Who turned out the lights?

Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic Senate primary in Illinois NBC News projects that Stratton, who was backed by Gov. JB Pritzker, defeated two sitting members of Congress after an expensive race.

NBC calls the Illinois Senate Dem primary for Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton.

2027 is on track to have three Black women as senators, a new record from the current two.

Only five Black women have ever been senators (four elected outright and one appointed). Three years ago there were zero in the Senate

Thank you! 😊

An aerial shot of a Boston cream pie with a white spiderweb pattern in the chocolate ganache. The sides are dredged in sliced almonds. The cake is atop a cooling rack on a stove.

A side shot of a Boston cream pie with a white spiderweb pattern in the chocolate ganache. The sides are dredged in sliced almonds. The cake is sitting on a scrap of parchment paper on a white plate. The plate is resting on a wood cutting board.

It's Pi Day, but my partner doesn't care for pie, so I made a tiny Boston cream pie (which is a cake) tonight!

It's not my best decorating job, but it's delicious!

We do the same thing in Texas, except with tacos!

These look great! Well done! 😊

Face, easily! I melt for a kind smile and a great laugh!

Congratulations to Clayton Tucker for being our Democratic nominee for Texas Agriculture Commissioner! #txlege

Congratulations to State Senator Sarah Eckhardt for being our Democratic nominee for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts! #txlege