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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
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                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2023 December 7   
      
                           Orion and the Ocean of Storms   
                           Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1   
      
      Explanation: On December 5, 2022, a camera on board the uncrewed Orion   
      spacecraft captured this view as Orion approached its return powered   
      flyby of the Moon. Beyond one of Orion's extended solar arrays lies   
      dark, smooth, terrain along the western edge of the Oceanus   
      Procellarum. Prominent on the lunar nearside Oceanus Procellarum, the   
      Ocean of Storms, is the largest of the Moon's lava-flooded maria. The   
      lunar terminator, shadow line between lunar night and day, runs along   
      the left of this frame. The 41 kilometer diameter crater Marius is top   
      center, with ray crater Kepler peeking in at the edge, just right of   
      the solar array wing. Kepler's bright rays extend to the north and   
      west, reaching the dark-floored Marius. On December 11, 2022 the Orion   
      spacecraft reached its home world. The historic Artemis 1 mission ended   
      with Orion's successful splashdown in planet Earth's water-flooded   
      Pacific Ocean.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space   
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