Firefly Aerospace
Just thought I'd share these three amazing images that Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander took of an eclipse that occurred late last night!
In the photo above, which was taken around 3:30 a.m. CDT (1:30 a.m. PDT), the Sun is about to emerge from behind the Earth during a lunar eclipse that was seen by much of the world yesterday. From Blue Ghost's vantage point at Mare Crisium, however, this was a beautiful solar eclipse in which the lander was able to capture the "diamond ring" effect of the celestial phenomena from the Moon's surface!
In the picture directly below, you can see the eclipse being reflected on Blue Ghost's upper solar panel at 12:30 a.m. CDT (10:30 p.m. PDT on Thursday night). And in the very last image at the bottom of this entry, Blue Ghost and its surroundings are completely enveloped in a reddish hue as the lunar eclipse reached its 'Blood Moon' phase around 2:30 a.m. CDT (12:30 a.m. PDT) today! (If you look closely at this photo, Mercury and Venus are visible just above the eclipse.)
And of course, Firefly Aerospace tweeted a time-lapse video of the eclipse (at the bottom of this entry) as it graced the lunar sky above Blue Ghost's landing site.
Such a historic moment... So sad that Blue Ghost's uber-successful mission will be coming to an end in two days' time.
Firefly Aerospace
Firefly Aerospace
Blue Ghost turns red! Our lander downlinked more imagery from the Moon captured around 2:30 am CDT during the totality of the solar eclipse last night. These images - rapidly captured by our top deck camera with different exposure settings - were stitched together in a quick… pic.twitter.com/BjKPXXhMLx
— Firefly Aerospace (@Firefly_Space) March 14, 2025
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