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History in the making In this new image from our @NASAArtemis II crew, you can see Orientale basin on the right edge of the lunar disk. This mission marks the first time the entire basin has been seen with human eyes.

One last look at Earth before we reach the Moon. This view of the Earth was captured on April 5, the fourth day of the Artemis II mission, from inside the Orion spacecraft. The four astronauts will reach their closest approach of the Moon tomorrow, April 6.

As the @NASAArtemis II crew approaches the Moon, they will get a firsthand view of the Moon's surface. One of the most striking (pun intended) features they will see is the craters which mark its surface, and are especially numerous on the far side, which the crew will be able to directly see. These craters are formed by impacts that have happened over the history of our Solar System and act as a sort of historical record of the conditions around the Earth and Moon. The Earth has had many impacts over its history that have had big consequences on our planet (just ask the dinosaurs...), but plate tectonics, weathering, and volcanism have erased many craters on the Earth, and with them, the record of this history. The Moon helps us fill in the picture and tells us a unique story about our planet's past! Even so, there are still many craters on Earth, but many are often not as easily visible as those on the Moon. Some, like Manicouagan Crater in Quebec, Canada, are very readily seen from the @Space_Station. This crater was created over 200 million years ago, when a 5 km asteroid crashed into the Earth, and is over 70 km wide. I saw this view through the Cupola window as I was exercising and had to pause to take a picture!

OMG Ashley, LOL She is like one of my faves, like an iconic reality TV person in the Bachelor universe.

Even in darkness, we glow. In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.

The woman who radicalized me, and told me I would never work as an actress if I kept pushing for diversity in front of and behind the camera was a white woman casting director. So when I tell you the beef is PERSONAL.

Mr. Terrible chimes in.

Of course, this was going to be the color of her dress. IDK how or why she's done with with Dr. Luke, though...*sad sigh*

I haven't seen her in a while. I feel torn about how she looks now. She's always been pretty, though...

Northern Region! Ghana is so big, which I know it doesn't look like it on the map. IIRC, it's about the size of Oregon.

One thing to understand about African states is that they have always used misogyny and homophobia to keep the people distracted from actual ongoing ssues. A country will pass a bill to reinforce homophobia or stall women's bodily autonomy so the people can forget or less focus on other pertinent matters like an economy shrinking or simply the rising economic poverty. Violating human rights is always a distraction for them. Like The people are hungry but for now let's make them worry about the high rise of homosexuality lol

Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic ice hockey finals, the Americans overcame their neighbors again to win Paralympic gold and complete the three-peat at Milan Cortina. cbsn.ws/4sM8xaC

Creepy!

@ZYTHEPSARY Ha! It's way cheaper! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@sunoppositemoon walked past a shop earlier that was advertising Tamagotchi

Isn't Tamagotchi back?

Luka Vandross

I am sad to leave Kazakhstan, but I am very happy to see that McDonald's Italy has not corrected my favorite mistranslation ever––and a great name for a band: Temptations & Sauces Sfiziosità can mean 'whims,' 'little treats,' or 'cravings,' but here it really means 'sides.'

the wall street journal today literally asking "but what do dead kids mean for the GDP?"

Ah, this show.😊 So cute.

I watched the HBO doc about this. Infuriating, especially the unsurprisingly unrepentant cops who destroyed people's homes and lives.