The photos, taken decades apart in 1968 and 2026, show Earth as it would be seen if you were standing on the moon. Take a look.

The realizations on social media align with what researchers have long known about Earth's composition.

A 2010 satellite photo shows the point where a small lake bisects the snowy rim of an ancient glacier on Canada's Baffin Island. The rippling, snow-rimmed structure is the last remaining fragment of a colossal ice sheet that once covered large parts of North America.

Approaching the near side of the Moon. The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to… pic.twitter.com/OapAGgGMex

The perspective-changing "overview effect" is magnified when you're looking back at Earth from beyond the moon, according to Artemis 2's Christina Koch.

Part of Artemis II's mission includes collecting samples of ice from the moon that will be compared to Earth’s oceans.

In an unusual perspective for an Earth-observing satellite, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite. The Sentinel-2 mission acquired this lunar image by rolling one of its satellites sideways to view the moon instead of Earth.

Artemis II astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Hansen, and Reid Wiseman have shared their experience about Earth days after their mission around the Moon.

The Artemis II mission has reached a defining moment as NASA confirmed the successful re-entry phase on Flight Day 10, marking a critical milestone in humanity’s return to deep space exploration beyond low Earth orbit.