Because it's Friday: Earthrise

I didn't know until reading this Bad Astronomy post that there were satellites orbiting the moon, but Japan had a probe from 2007 to 2009 mapping the lunar surface and gravity. The data from that probe formed the basis of this movie by Nicolaus Wegner, which shows the craters of the moon with a backdrop of the Earth rising above them.

 

That's all for this week. See you back here on Monday!