As seen from the Moon the Earth would look dark with a very fine red ring all the way around it because of all the light from the sunsets and sunrises.
We actually have a photograph of the Earth from the Moon taken by Surveyor 3. It's actually an animated gif here of several frames, in black and white
And a short video by JAXA - not actually from the Moon but from lunar orbit.
We also have a short video of the sun going behind the Earth, as seen by the Apollo 12 crew, Conrad, Gordon and Bean, on their journey back to Earth from the Moon.
(click to show on youtube, this frame is 18 seconds into the video).
And Hana Gartstein, graphic artist from Israel, did a nice simulation of it here, adapting a photo of Earth taken on the Apollo 17 mission.
If you were on the lunar surface, it would make the landscape go red in colour.
And here is a video simulation of a lunar eclipse from the Moon, by Ernie Wright, for NASA.
This is an extract from my article September 24th, 2015 - Just Another Day In Space - Asteroid Flybys, "Blood Moons" And Armageddon Demystified
which I also made into a short booklet for kindle
We actually have a photograph of the Earth from the Moon taken by Surveyor 3. It's actually an animated gif here of several frames, in black and white
APOD: 2014 April 7
And a short video by JAXA - not actually from the Moon but from lunar orbit.
We also have a short video of the sun going behind the Earth, as seen by the Apollo 12 crew, Conrad, Gordon and Bean, on their journey back to Earth from the Moon.
And Hana Gartstein, graphic artist from Israel, did a nice simulation of it here, adapting a photo of Earth taken on the Apollo 17 mission.
If you were on the lunar surface, it would make the landscape go red in colour.
This painting of the Earth as seen from the Moon during an eclipse is by Lucien Rudaux, space artist, living in first half of the twentieth century.
Incidentally, this was painted long before anyone had ever visited the Moon. When most space artists were painting jagged mountains, he pointed out that the mountains were clearly rounded through a telescope, especially when silhouetted against the edge of the disk, writing: "If we reconstruct geometrically the outlines of certain lunar mountains from their observed appearance, we shall find that instead of being steep and jagged, they have quite gentle slopes and their summits are frequently flat or smoothly rounded." - The first science artist to draw accurate pictures of Mars and the Moon
For more on this, see Why a totally eclipsed moon looks red | EarthSky.org
And here is a video simulation of a lunar eclipse from the Moon, by Ernie Wright, for NASA.
"In the early morning hours of April 15, 2014, the Moon enters the Earth’s shadow, creating a total lunar eclipse. When viewed from the Moon, as in this animation, the Earth hides the Sun. A red ring, the sum of all Earth’s sunrises and sunsets, lines the Earth’s limb and casts a ruddy light on the lunar landscape. With the darkness of the eclipse, the stars come out.
"The city lights of North and South America are visible on the night side of the Earth. The part of the Earth visible in this animation is the part where the lunar eclipse can be seen."
Lunar eclipse of 15th April 2014, seen from the Moon.
This is an extract from my article September 24th, 2015 - Just Another Day In Space - Asteroid Flybys, "Blood Moons" And Armageddon Demystified
which I also made into a short booklet for kindle
September 24th 2015 - Just Another Day in Space (Amazon)
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