Total solar eclipse dyes sky red as seen from the Moon

The US Blue Ghost spacecraft captured a stunning sunset and a fiery red total solar eclipse seen from the Moon.

As the Earth begins to obscure the Sun, Blue Ghost is bathed in red - Photo: FIREFLY AEROSPACE

Blue Ghost, a spacecraft operated by the American company Firefly Aerospace and funded by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), successfully landed on the part of the Moon near Earth on March 2.

During its 14-day mission on the Moon, Blue Ghost completed various scientific experiments as well as observed many interesting phenomena from the Sun, according to IFLScience on March 18.

For example, on March 14, while many areas on Earth had the opportunity to admire the total lunar eclipse with the Blood Moon, Blue Ghost caught a very different scene above the lunar horizon.

As our planet began to block out the Sun, the Blue Ghost spacecraft was bathed in a crimson glow, the result of sunlight refracting through Earth's atmosphere. Blue Ghost also captured the Earth moving into position, slowly blocking out the Sun completely to create a spectacular total solar eclipse.

Blue Ghost spacecraft captures the moment of total solar eclipse seen from the Moon - Source: YOUTUBE/THESPACEBUCKET

Although the scene is beautiful, the reality is quite harsh when the temperature suddenly drops from 40 degrees Celsius to -170 degrees Celsius in a short period of time on the Moon, posing a survival challenge for observers from the Moon, and fortunately in this case, the Blue Ghost spacecraft.

"This is the first time in history that a commercial company has been actively operating on the Moon and has been able to observe a total solar eclipse when the Earth blocks the Sun and casts a shadow on the Moon's surface," Firefly said.

Blue Ghost captured the Sun gradually emerging after being completely obscured by the Earth during the total solar eclipse on March 14 - Photo: FIREFLY AEROSPACE

Two days later (March 16), Blue Ghost also "watched" the sunset on the Moon as this part of the "Mother Moon" prepared to transition to the night phase for 14 days. During this time, the temperature can drop to -133 degrees Celsius or lower at the poles, making it almost impossible for most devices to "survive".

"After two weeks of daytime operations on the Moon, Firefly is preparing for its final operations as dusk and night approaches on the Moon. Before we say goodbye, we hope to capture the sunset and dust plumes seen by the Apollo 17 astronauts as they departed the Moon," Firefly said.

The Blue Ghost mission has come to an end, but researchers will continue to ponder the data and images the spacecraft collected during this mission for months, if not years, to come.

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