Blue Ghost Watches Lunar Eclipse from the Lunar Surface
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Summary
American company Firefly Aerospace’s lunar lander Blue Ghost observed a total solar eclipse from the Moon’s Mare Crisium region on 14 March.
The lander, which touched down on the Moon in January, was equipped with a wide-angle camera to capture images of the eclipse, which was the first to be witnessed by a commercial entity.
As the lander observed the Sun being gradually obscured by the Earth, it had to rely on its batteries due to the lack of sunlight.
The refraction of sunlight through Earth’s atmosphere is the cause of the reddish colouring of a lunar eclipse, known as a Blood Moon when observed from Earth.
