Reid Wiseman Captures 2 Polar Auroras in 1 Artemis II Earth Image

1 articles · Updated · Livescience.com · Jun 14

A June 4 release highlighted an April 2 Artemis II photo in which Reid Wiseman caught simultaneous auroras over both the North and South Poles in a single Earth view from orbit.
Moonlight from the April 1 full Pink Moon lit Earth’s night side, letting Wiseman push a Nikon D5’s sensitivity high enough to record details that normally vanish in darkness.
From above the mid-Atlantic, the image also shows city lights across parts of Spain, Portugal, Africa and Brazil, plus a thin atmospheric crescent marking Earth one day past full moon.
The same frame reaches beyond Earth to show zodiacal light and Venus, turning a familiar Blue Marble portrait into a wider inner-solar-system scene.