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See Artemis 2's amazing views of Earth in timelapse video taken from 12,000-photo drop

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A new timelapse shows the stunning views of Earth that four astronauts got during their historic moon journey last month. One of the many views of Earth captured by the Artemis 2 astronauts during their moon mission. (Image credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman) Next up is a closer-up view of the planet with little dots — satellites — shining and moving just above the rim of Earth. Then a few auroras, more popularly known as the northern lights and southern lights, become visible at the edge of our planet. Finally, Earth recedes again from the camera. Artemis 2 launched on April 1 and returned to Earth on April 10. It sent four astronauts — NASA's Reid Wiseman (commander), Victor Glover (pilot) and Christina Koch (mission specialist) and Jeremy Hansen of the Canadian Space Agency — around the moon. It marked the first time astronauts had left low Earth orbit sine 1972, when Apollo 17 landed two people on the moon's surface.…

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