This week’s eclipse has been photographed from the moon’s point of view.
But rather than being the lunar eclipse that was seen from Earth, on the moon it was a solar eclipse.
The images were taken by a camera on board the unmanned Blue Ghost spacecraft which successfully landed on the planet earlier this month.
Operator Firefly Aerospace said it was the first time in history that a commercial company had operated actively on the moon during an eclipse.
In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth lines up between the moon and the sun, hiding the moon from sunlight.
On Friday, the moon turned red in an event known as a blood moon. The full lunar eclipse was visible from North and South America, while in the UK only a partial lunar eclipse was visible.
The first picture of the cosmic event from the moon shows the Earth beginning to block out the sun.
The solar eclipse can also be seen in a reflection of the lander’s solar panel in the same picture.
In a caption on X accompanying the 14 March photo, Firefly Aerospace wrote: “BlueGhost…
