A Setting Earth

Earthset Over Ohm Crater from Lunar Orbit NASA Artemis II Mission Landscape OrientationSharp lunar terrain stretches across the entire foreground while a small, half-lit Earth hovers near the horizon — about to vanish behind the Moon. The Artemis II crew took this photograph at 6:41 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2026, with barely three minutes remaining before Orion disappeared behind the far side and every radio link to home went silent for 40 minutes.Ohm crater anchors the composition with its terraced inner walls and central peaks — geology frozen in the instant of a massive ancient impact. Beyond it, clouds drift over Australia on Earth's sunlit hemisphere while the opposite side has already fallen into night.Credits: NASA (art002e009289)Publisher's Note: This is arguably the most dramatic composition of the Earthset series — the scale contrast between the detailed lunar surface and the tiny distant Earth gives this image real physical impact at larger print sizes (24x30 and above).See Also: - Peeking at the Earth - A New View of the Moon - Artemis II Collection