First images from Artemis II astronauts

The first downlinked images were published by NASA. The best view of Earth’s night side.

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

In this photo, the sun is behind our planet. The spacecraft is in between the planet and the moon, which provides the lighting. Although, this appears to be an overexposed photo that makes the lighting brighter. This one is probably closer to what the astronauts saw with their own eyeballs: