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Here is a time-lapse video posted by Firefly Aerospace of the solar eclipse and "diamond ring" seen by the Blue Ghost Lander last night.

The glowing ring of the eclipse is also reflected on the solar panel.

The large ring seen in the reflection on the solar panel is clearly an artifact.

Earth looks small because of the wide angle lens.

#BlueGhost healthily survived the ~2 hours of totality with little sunlight to charge its batteries.

youtube.com/watch?v=M2P-z_cXsO
fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gho
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From the #LPSC 'NASA Night' youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4sVQ81Di a list of the next #CLPS missions: NASA will have more Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies (SCALPSS) on #BlueOrigin's HLS test lander. They also reported superb results from #BlueGhost with 6 of the NASA experiments already completed and the remainder being done once the hot noon is over. Not much came out of #Athena, obviously, and they're still trying to make contact with the Lunar Trailblazer - no indication of the hope level ...