Awesome shots!
Because of the particular angles & distances, it looks like the moon is almost grinding against us! Of course, that's just an optical illusion; the actual distance & proportions are more like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_distance_(astronomy)#/me...
The moon is about 1/4 as far away from earth as the camera is. The camera always sees the sunny side of the earth - neat trick! http://epic.gsfc.nasa.gov/
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