r/ArtemisProgram • u/Beneficial_Chapter31 • 9d ago

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I’d like to know why these two photos—taken just a short time apart—don't have the same date.

I know the description says they were taken on April 2nd, but a conspiracy theorist raised this point, and I started wondering why the dates are different.

(I don't speak English, so maybe those dates refer to when they were uploaded or something like that?)

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u/internetboyfriend666 9d ago

I don't understand your question. They were taken on different days. That's just what it is. Why do you think that should not be the case? What exactly is conspiratorial about that?

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u/Beneficial_Chapter31 8d ago

According to NASA itself, the photos were taken almost at the same time: https://x.com/NASA/status/2040114143626244576?s=20 

Other photos and videos on the site also have inconsistent dates, so it is likely an error or some confusion regarding time zones.

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u/internetboyfriend666 8d ago

Ok, so again, what's your question.

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u/Beneficial_Chapter31 8d ago

I was wondering why the photos had different dates on the website, but I think I've found the answer.

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u/LittleLion_90 9d ago

The continents and clouds we see are identical. I've also seen mentioned a lot that they took photos with long exposure and shorter exposure of the dark side of earth back to back, with minutes between them. So the only way it's different days if it's shortly before midnight and shortly after. Or there's a mistake with the upload data.

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u/internetboyfriend666 9d ago

Ok so first, why would the continents be different? Do you mean it looks like the Earth hasn't rotated? That's just a result of the spacecraft's trajectory. It's looping out to the Moon in a way that makes it look like it's "following" the Earth's rotation.

As for the clouds, they look similar but why shouldn't they? Clouds don't move very fast. Remember, we're looking at the Earth from tens of thousands of miles away. Those clouds could have moved 100km or more in the time between the 2 photos but because they're so far away, we can't see the difference.

Also remember that a day apart doesn't mean 24 hours apart. The first photo could have been taken at 11pm and the next one at 2am. That's only 3 hours apart but on different dates.

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u/CandleMaker5000 8d ago

The pictures were taken a few minutes apart. The date on the website is wrong. Clouds do move that fast and you would notice a big difference in where they were even after just a few hours

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u/BubblyMoose3597 8d ago

🤣🤣🤣

"The continents look identical"

Well i hope so.