ALT The Moon against the black of space. The right half is heavily marked with darker splotches and craters, including a very large patch that fills most of the upper right quadrant. The left side of the Moon, which is not visible from Earth, is much more uniformly gray. It has small divots and craters, but they do not change the surface color. There is one prominent darker spot between 7 and 8 o'clock on the Moon's surface.

ALT Photograph of Earth captured by the Apollo 17 crew on December 7, 1972. Earth takes up most of the image. Dark blue ocean water and swirling white clouds are visible. Africa is a large brown landmass from the center to the upper left, stretching from about 9 to 12 o'clock. Clouds cover most of the 6 o'clock. Credit: NASA

ALT A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman