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by islandbytes 75 days ago
Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.
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> Just looks like the Moon.

It is the moon.

> Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.

The "Dark Side of the Moon" is a misnomer. It gets as much light as the side we can see.

That's because it's the near side, not the far side.
There's a little bit of far side on the right of the picture.