{"id":43997,"date":"2026-05-07T22:48:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/the-animated-version-of-the-iconic-hello-world-image-reveals-striking-new-details\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:48:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:48:40","slug":"the-animated-version-of-the-iconic-hello-world-image-reveals-striking-new-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/the-animated-version-of-the-iconic-hello-world-image-reveals-striking-new-details\/","title":{"rendered":"The animated version of the iconic \u201cHello, world\u201d image reveals striking new details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The astronauts flying aboard the Artemis II mission to the Moon last month took a lot of pictures, and a few dozen of the best ones were released during and shortly afterward the flight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">But it wasn\u2019t until last weekend that NASA released the whole trove of more than 12,000 images, dumping them onto the Gateway to Astronaut Photography. The astronauts used three different cameras on the mission: a Nikon D5, a Nikon Z9, and an iPhone 17s. There are some hits and misses in the archive, plus some new gems.<\/p>\n<p><iframe allow=\"autoplay; attribution-reporting 'src' https:\/\/cm.teads.tv\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"native\" id=\"teads-native-iframe\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts\" style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 100% !important; height: 385px; border: none; overflow: hidden; display: block; float: none;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the early highlights during the mission was the \u201cHello, world\u201d image captured by Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as the Orion spacecraft left Earth on its outbound journey toward the Moon.<\/p>\n<p>In the newly released archive, there are dozens more images from this sequence. On Wednesday, Andy Saunders\u2014known for processing a trove of Gemini and Apollo images into gorgeous books\u2014shared a composite of these images that he processed and animated into a stunning new visual.<\/p>\n<p>,<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: static; visibility: visible; width: 560px; height: 560px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2052016681396933119&amp;lang=en&amp;maxWidth=560px&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Farstechnica.com%2Fspace%2F2026%2F05%2Fthe-animated-version-of-artemis-hello-world-is-even-better-than-the-original%2F&amp;partner=tfwp&amp;sessionId=44a67541edb32a848b3e88d3878fc8ac93a24b7e&amp;siteScreenName=arstechnica&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"2052016681396933119\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The animation is sped up by a factor of 30, with the sequenced images covering 1 minute and 20 seconds in real time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are 17 separate photos in the sequence\u2014there were more, but at different exposures and Earth started to drift off-shot in some\u2014so this was the best consecutive sequence,\u201d Saunders told Ars via email. \u201cI applied some color and contrast adjustments to each individual frame then animated them. They\u2019re great resolution, so I could then zoom in on the most interesting parts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those interesting parts include lightning storms, aurorae, and satellites. The latter present an interesting phenomenon: It appears the solar arrays on the satellites are visible. This seems unlikely, though, as the scale in the image means these arrays would have to be on the order of a kilometer wide, which is not the case. It is possible that the solar array\u2019s appearance may be an optical effect due to Orion\u2019s window.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, the new imagery offers yet another stunning view of our world, which is active not just on the surface but in the heavens above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The astronauts flying aboard the Artemis II mission to the Moon last month took a lot of pictures, and a few dozen of the best ones were released during and shortly afterward the flight. 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