Is this image of the moon crossing the Earth real?
You might think this image that went viral on Twitter is fake‚ given the slight green outline you can see to the right side of the moon as it crosses the face of the Earth‚ but it isn't. The moon passed between @NASA climate observatory and the earth. Almost unbelievable that this is a real photo pic.twitter.com/MWxwgDfUIw — Rick Mastracchio (@AstroRM) July 26, 2016dThe image was captured by Nasa’s Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera‚ which uses three monochrome exposures taken at quick succession to take a series of ten pictures in quick succession using different filters to generate its “natural colour” images of the Earth.However‚ as it takes these images‚ everything moves just a little bit – which explains the slight bit of green.This image was taken in 2015. However the satellite captures similar images about twice a year, with another shot of the moon photobombing the Earth coming earlier this month...
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