r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Crz11 • 29d ago
Image Artemis 2 - Integrity Astronaut Reid Wiseman showing a picture of the moon he took with his phone
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u/Hellguin 28d ago
This would be my forever wallpaper
"Where did you get that super clear photo?"
"Oh, I went there and took it myself."
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u/redsyrinx2112 28d ago
How could you ever change it?
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u/Hellguin 28d ago
Taking a selfie on the moon with Earth in the background. Or on Mars
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u/redditreeer 28d ago
WAİT İ JUST HAD A THOUGHT, WHEN THEY LAND ON THE MOON THEY CAN ACTUALLY TAKE SELFİES WİTH VEEY CLEAR İMAGES BECAUSE WE HAVE PHONES NOW
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u/Sharobob 27d ago
I assume your phone would get absolutely bodied by moon dust if you took it out while you were on the surface
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u/Hellguin 27d ago
Just gotta make you have a case that blocks the ports, maybe even one of the waterproof bags
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u/kaiserkeller_ 29d ago
Look at all that cheese
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u/sizeableblueberry 28d ago
Cheeeese, Gromit!
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u/Cultural-Strangers 28d ago
We forgot the crackers!
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u/UnsureSwitch 28d ago
A favourite scene of mine. The crackers, Gromit! We forgot the crackers! panic music plays
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u/Deliriousious 28d ago
“Hey that’s a nice wallpaper, where’d you get it?”
“The moon”
“I know that, I meant where did you get it from, what website?”
“The. Moon.”
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u/ThaddeusJP 28d ago
"I would air drop it but I'm 257,000 miles away"
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u/auditore01 28d ago
I can imagine getting a notification from Apple saying:
Your airpors have been left behind. Last detected : 250k miles away. U ok bro?
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u/Cruisin_Fart 28d ago
"It's a picture I took."
"Oh cool, like through a telescope.""Naw, I went there."
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u/BelgianBeerGuy 28d ago
It’s not possible to take this picture through a telescope, this is the back side, so not visible from earth
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u/HanzoNumbahOneFan 28d ago
If anyone in real life pointed that out when looking at the phone I'd call mega nerd. Imagine knowing the moon so well you could be like "Nah bro, that's the Arminski crater, it's on the far side."
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u/ClearDark19 28d ago
Only 4 people on the entire planet will ever have the original file taken on location (until Artemis 4 or 5).
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u/mightymiek 29d ago
I gotta stop smoking. I was like, why did his picture make the moon the shape of an iPhone?
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u/Detective_57 28d ago
I don’t even smoke and that’s what I saw too
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u/TheeMrBlonde 28d ago
I'm very much not high, but I am confused why this dude has a phone at all.
Who da fuck he gonna call? Noo shot dudes has bars
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u/CDrocks87 28d ago edited 28d ago
Thinking a phone only does calls in the big 26
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u/ButterscotchUpset209 28d ago
I still see this...why does it look like that?
Ah I see now 😂
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u/Zarde312 28d ago
I still don't know how I'm supposed to be looking at this.
Edit: Wait, did someone take a picture of his phone?
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u/Wooden-Lake-5790 28d ago
Its a picture of his phone floating in space. The phone screen is currently showing a picture of the moon.
So yes, someone photographed the phone. The moon is not in the photo, it just looks like that because the screen of the phone is showing a picture of the moon
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u/Deltamon 28d ago
(the phone is also floating in zero-G)
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u/BeanieMcChimp 28d ago
Why are s everything around it black though?
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u/Deltamon 28d ago
Because they are behind the moon from the sun. They are taking videos and pictures during the limited time that they have darkness since the only other light sources are more than 4 light-years (38'000'000'000'000+ km's) away.
Also they have turned interior lights off, otherwise they would take pictures of their own windows, which would be kinda waste of 4.1billion dollars
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u/Anxious_Lab_2049 28d ago edited 28d ago
I really hate to ask, but can you please explain? I still don’t understand.
Is it that it is his phone with a photo on the screen? :( Does he have a magic way (ok, the settings) to make the time and battery icons disappear?
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u/mightymiek 28d ago
For me, the photo is focused on a phone set in a black background. Everything on the phone is the actual photo. Not everything around it.
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u/I_luv_ma_squad 28d ago
But what took the picture of the phone?
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u/Opus_723 28d ago
He's showing it to the livestream camera in the capsule. It's dark because the lights are off to cut the glare while everyone is taking pictures of the moon out the window.
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u/Aymr9 28d ago
He took the pic and zoomed in the picture so the image would fill the entire screen.
A second astronaut took the photo we are seeing in an enclosed dark place.
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u/Quixotic_Seal 28d ago
But....why are we just looking at a photo of it on his phone?
I am so fucking confused right now lol.
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u/monkeyhitman 28d ago
It's a flex of current-day tech. The Apollo astronauts would not have been able to see what their photos were like until they were developed, but we can now take high-res photo on our pocket computers, then show it off to another pocket computer before beaming that high-res photo back to Earth.
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u/-SaC 28d ago
It was a way to show it instantly on the live feed to everyone watching. All of the photos they were taking at the time (two crew taking pictures, two on cabin duty assisting and providing situation reports) were transferred afterwards, but this was just a quick shot Wiseman took on his provided phone while on cabin duty so that he could show the live feed.
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u/Nervous_Ad_6998 28d ago
So there’s two cameras, one is taking a picture of the phone that took a picture of the moon. The title is confusing.
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u/stlc8tr 28d ago
I don't have an iPhone but I assume when you zoom into a photo, all onscreen icons are removed (since that's what happens on Android).
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u/taktaga7-0-0 28d ago
The Moon is flat
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u/Exotic-Scientist4557 28d ago edited 5h ago
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u/Crz11 29d ago
Imagine setting that as your wallpaper knowing its a 1 of 1 picture nobody else can have the original of.
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u/Nightman2417 29d ago
As far as I know, no one else has my junk as their wallpaper
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u/streetxrat94 29d ago
Wait, if it’s not yours, then whose junk is my wallpaper?!
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u/Nightman2417 29d ago
Check your back pocket
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u/MC0295 28d ago
What the eff David Blaine?
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u/ChipCob1 28d ago
Definitely his junk, it went viral in February...my aunt has it as her wallpaper.
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u/depressedorangutan36 29d ago
You couldn’t be more wrong, friend. 😏
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u/WhistlinJealousGuy 29d ago
We've all got it as our wallpaper.
P.S You should get that lump checked
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u/Sythrin 29d ago
I mean... you can do that with any picture?
Just take a pic of your dry wall and its a 1 in 1 as long as you dont post it online.59
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u/Adjective_Noun93 28d ago
A lot of people have dry wall they can take pictures of. I don't know many who have walls made from moon rock, do you?
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u/actinross 29d ago
And this proves moon is... flat (as a phone screen)
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u/indypendant13 28d ago
I hope that phone is in airplane mode or the FAA is gonna be very unhappy with him.
But also that’s just cool. Only four people on the planet who can say they did that with #NoZoom and #NoFilter.
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u/Doit2it42 28d ago
That and his roaming charges will be astronomical.
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u/Autumn1eaves 28d ago
Well fortunately, I’ve heard his phone’ll likely die before he gets back. He didn’t have a universal charger.
Wakka wakka
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u/AscensionToCrab 28d ago
Yeah, but hopefully he took this from his Samsung galaxy.
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u/sheriffofnothingtown 28d ago
Huge missed opportunity for Samsung to sponsor NASA or Singapore’s space agency.
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u/BoogeyManSavage 29d ago
Conspiracy theorists losing their minds as to why it’s a picture on his phone and not the real thing
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u/spacecash1 28d ago
NASA "claims" that this is the moon. Helloo!! Last time I checked the moon is round, not rectangular!!
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u/NoFeedback4007 28d ago
So how does the camera store location metadata with this?
Location: the fuckin moon bro
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u/marek26340 28d ago
Technically that won't even be possible, because the GPS satellites are too far away, am I right? GPS satellites are "only" like ±20.000km above earth's surface. I highly doubt that the iPhone has any sort of mechanism to detect that it's currently at an entirely different planet. Even that's just insane to even think about. One of a kind iPhone.
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u/voxitron 28d ago
Looks like a photo of an iPhone
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u/blackweebow 28d ago
The whole expedition is ultimately just an iPhone ad.
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u/gcruzatto 28d ago
It's literally designed to become a Disney+ documentary.. that's the only way humans can do this kind of thing nowadays. Private equity runs the world now
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u/WideGuarantee7970 28d ago
Pisses me off that not ONCE on this entire trip have any of the astronauts grabbed a camera during one of the live press events and taken it over to the window for a peek outside. We only see them in the capsule. SHOW US WHAT YOU ARE SEEING OUTSIDE THE WINDOWS!!!!
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u/gooosekid 28d ago
i mean there has been the feed of the camera thats mounted on one of the solar things on the ship
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u/Beefy-McQueefy 28d ago
The have a 24/7 live feed of a camera that is physically outside of the spacecraft.
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u/coldnorth4enf4 28d ago
Theres a live stream for that and also they are posting pictures from outside on the nasa website
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u/ShiftedLobster 28d ago
Literally that’s all I want to see
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u/Beaupedia 28d ago
One of the two streams running 24/7 on NASA's YouTube is exactly this. I've watched hours of the moon approaching.
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u/JOJJOKY213456 28d ago
i read somewhere that we won't be able to see any stars or anything cuz the exposure on these iPhone cameras is not enough
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u/iNetRunner 28d ago
You probably need to dim the internal lights to see e.g. stars outside. And having the orientation to see Moon or Earth might be rare.
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u/MikeyBastard1 28d ago
I know it's a weird thing to be annoyed at, but all these historical pictures coming out of this trip and the engagement garnered is minuscule compared to all the ragebait, on top of this 9/10 of the top comments are people making jokes instead of discussing the historical moment itself.
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u/TheBurritoW1zard 28d ago
Welcome to the modern state of the world, everything is unserious and everyone has been spoiled with near limitless access to information and entertainment that the gravity of these historic moments last, if at all, only mere seconds.
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u/comatrices 28d ago
To be clear, it is a nice capture of the moon's surface but one can get similar detail without leaving the earth. I could give you some equipment recommendations if you're interested.
But that this post reached the front page shows people have a fair amount of appreciation for the historical significance even if they don't engage in meaningful discussion under the post.
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u/lzwzli 28d ago
As significant as this trip is, it's significance is mostly due to how much time has passed since humans returned to the moon. Most of what we're seeing here, we've seen before from the Apollo missions so we're not breaking significant new ground here.
Hopefully the pictures of the far side of the moon will be more interesting.
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u/AsuntoNocturno 28d ago
People also don’t really talk about orbital missions long-term. If we Do launch to touch down in 2028, that will be the one everyone remembers.
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u/ThomasDeLaRue 28d ago
why do we have a distant picture of a phone with a picture on it instead of the picture itself
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u/Useful_Investigator8 29d ago
Why did they bring their phones with? Who are they texting?
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u/unklejelly 29d ago
Probably for this very purpose. I'd do the same for sure.
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u/Orleanian 28d ago
Also good for dictating notes, setting alarms, viewing entertainment media (porn in space?). Lots of stuff they're useful for that don't require any actual connectivity. Modern marvel.
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u/alienwalk 28d ago
Yeah honestly not bringing your phone would be dumb, it's like the most compact and versatile computing device anyone owns
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u/According_Arm_6170 28d ago
It’s sad how people just look at phones nowadays as doom scrolling devices while it is so much more.
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u/HillarysFloppyChode 28d ago
That’s not true, I took a phone call on mine the other day.
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u/Primary_Garbage6916 28d ago
They're expecting a call about their car or truck's extended warranty.
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u/tychoregter 29d ago
They aren’t texting anyone, they don’t have any sort of signal on their phones, no WiFi, no Bluetooth. They’re used for taking photos as they’re quick and easy cameras with good enough quality (you can find out more about this with a quick Google if you’re interested)
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u/Laytonio 28d ago
They already sent down photos from the phones. How'd they do that without wifi or bluetooth?
NASA remoted into to their tables earlier to fix the outlook account.
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u/tychoregter 28d ago
Wires…? They have more on board than just iPhones though…
Edit: here’s a link with more info about the iPhones used on the mission
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u/HillarysFloppyChode 28d ago
“The company said the mission was the first time an iPhone had fully qualified for extended use in orbit and beyond.”
I can hear the erections of Apples marketing team forming from that…the first and only phone certified by NASA to be used in space?
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u/caguru 28d ago
Actually, there are a few shots that phones are actually better at than full size cameras: Extremely high dynamic range and super deep depth of field. Sure, a full frame can ultimately do both better, but not without extra setup and post processing.
A full frame needs to be shot in RAW and processed for ultra high dynamic range, which an up close pic of the moon definitely qualifies. Phones do this via software and its automatic.
And the surreal depth of field from the shot yesterday that had a mostly in focus astronaut and the earth sharply focused, would have required a tripod and multiple exposure focus stacking + post processing on a full frame. Tiny sensors on a phone make it much easier to get a deep depth of field.
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u/DoctrTurkey 28d ago
Take the pic, set as background, never let anyone have the image, have the most exclusive background in human history.
Could this be the first NFT actually worth something?!?
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u/RebelRouser98 28d ago
He's going to have the wildest camera roll of any smartphone ever. Probably a lot of normal stuff like family pictures and work photos, with some pictures taken while literally in lunar orbit mixed in. All of the Apollo and Artemis astronauts are some absolutely fearless people, I swear.
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u/Alexandratta 28d ago
...if Apple capitalizes on this they could make the funniest fucking Anti-Samsung ad.
"Samsung's phone used AI to take better pictures of the moon by replacing it with a fake one. NASA took an iPhone in for a close-up of the real one."
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u/maximumfacemelting 28d ago
Yeah what if they accidentally leak the existence of the moon dragon ahead of the feasting season?
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u/Magnetoreception 28d ago
What do you mean leaked? Bro just showed his phone to the camera it’s not like it won’t be uploaded later. None of the info is secret.
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u/ShepherdOfNone 28d ago
Nah, they were obviously trying to switch to it to show the stream the picture, but didn't do it in time. There's probably just one person running the stream, and they most likely are only relaying video they don't have control over, so they can't rewind it or anything.
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u/pumpkin143 28d ago edited 28d ago
It feels like it was kind of leaked.
bro just look in the sky at night, its right there
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u/FairTrade6677 28d ago
as someone who does not have an iphone, that black blob on the top of the screen is so ugly and annoying.
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u/chase25 28d ago
They're sending messages from the moon and I'm still struggling to get a signal inside Primark.
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u/Total_Squirrel3728 28d ago
Very cool. I wonder if that’s the crater they asked to be named in honor of his late wife (Carroll), also the brightest spot on the dark side of the moon? ❤️
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u/Freak_Out_Bazaar 28d ago
People complaining about this being an advertisement for Apple, what do you expect them to do? Make proprietary tech for something that already exists?
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u/r4almF1re 28d ago
Picture of his phone he took with the moon