A reddit user put together a gif timelapse of the Artemis II photos showing the approach to Earth, and it revealed lots of little sparkly things in low orbit as seen from the nightside, most visible on the right and the left around the equator. (Bright thing on the right is Venus.)
They've generally been identified as satellites, presumably flaring, possibly Starlink?
If verified, might be a good example for showing people what flaring satellites generally look like. (I embedded the gif, but gifs are either not allowed or image compression has flattened it.)
It's been making the rounds on social media and got a mention on Hank Green's vlog:
They've generally been identified as satellites, presumably flaring, possibly Starlink?
If verified, might be a good example for showing people what flaring satellites generally look like. (I embedded the gif, but gifs are either not allowed or image compression has flattened it.)
It's been making the rounds on social media and got a mention on Hank Green's vlog:
