Thread: Video of the Earth from the Moon's surface

Another HB is claiming that there are no videos or movies of the Earth from the Moon's surface. Now, I remember distinctly the rover camera zooming in on the Earth during one of the moonwalks that I was watching live, but no way do I remember just when that was. I did a quick perusal of the clips available from the ALSJ, but none of the descriptions mention the Earth. So if someone can point me to such a clip, please do so. Thanks.

SPACE.com -- High-Definition Imagery of Earth Shot from Space


The first high-definition video of Earth from beyond the planet's orbit has just been made by a Japanese satellite on its way to the moon.

The imagery was taken by the lunar explorer Kaguya, launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on Sept. 14 (Japan Standard Time). The onboard high-definition television, developed by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, captured the eight-minute video about 68,350 miles (110,000 kilometers) away from Earth.

The video has not been released, but in a still shot taken from the footage, the west coast of South America is seen, awash in daylight.

Kaguya is Japan's first lunar explorer. It is also known as SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer) and is the largest lunar mission since the Apollo program. Kaguya will investigate the entire moon in order to determine its chemical composition, surface and subsurface structure, the remnants of its magnetic field and its gravity field.

The results are expected to lead to a better understanding of the moon's origin and evolution. In addition, the onboard observation equipment will shed light on the electromagnetic field and high-energy particles that humans potentially would be exposed to during human space missions.

The video was taken Sept. 29 Japan time and received at the JAXA Usuda Deep Space Center on Sept. 30.


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SPACE.com -- New Video Sees Earth from Alien Perspective

NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has made a movie of the moon passing in front of the Earth from the probe's vantage point millions of miles away.

Astronomers plan to use the video to develop techniques to look for Earth-like worlds in other solar systems.

"Making a video of Earth from so far away helps the search for other life-bearing planets in the universe by giving insights into how a distant, Earth-like alien world would appear to us," said Michael A'Hearn of the University of Maryland and the principal investigator for the Deep Impact extended mission.

Deep Impact, which sent an impactor into comet Tempel 1 on July 4, 2005, is currently 31 million miles away from Earth on its way to a flyby of comet Hartley 2 on Nov. 4, 2010.

(more of this story at that link...)

Thank you GenoTex
-Marc