Firefly’s Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Captured This Diamond Ring Effect During Solar Eclipse on Moon

Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander captured this incredible image of a diamond ring effect during the total solar eclipse on the Moon. This also marks the very first time in history where a commercial company actively operating on the Moon was able to observe a total solar eclipse where the Earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow on the lunar surface.

This photo was captured from the lander’s top deck, and its X-band antenna (left), the Lunar Environment heliospheric X-ray Imager (center), and the Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder mast (right) are also visible. Firefly hopes to downlink more imagery soon once ther X-band antenna warms up from the cold temperatures faced in the darkness of totality.

Back on Earth, we’ll all witness a different phenomenon that happens simultaneously – a lunar eclipse, also known as a Blood Moon, where Earth moves between the sun and the Moon, causing the Moon to be completely shadowed by Earth and appear red,” said Firefly Aerospace.