Imagine seeing a solar eclipse, but instead of the Moon blocking the Sun, it's Earth! That's exactly what Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander saw and photographed from the Moon. This incredible event happened at the same time as a lunar eclipse here on Earth. During the lunar eclipse, Earth's shadow made the Moon look red. But on the Moon, Blue Ghost saw Earth block most of the Sun.Blue Ghost landed on the Moon on March 2nd. It's carrying ten NASA instruments to collect information. This mission is part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program. CLPS hires private companies like Firefly to help explore the Moon. This helps NASA get ready to send astronauts back to the Moon.The solar eclipse from the Moon looked different than what we see on Earth. Instead of the Moon covering the Sun, Earth did the blocking. Sunlight peeked through valleys on Earth's edges, creating a "diamond ring" effect. The eclipse lasted about five hours at Blue Ghost's location in Mare Crisium. The total eclipse, when Earth completely blocked the Sun's center, lasted about 2 hours and 16 minutes.Firefly plans to share more photos once the lander's antenna warms up. It got very cold during the eclipse. Blue Ghost uses batteries to keep working when there's no sunlight. This allowed it to take pictures during the eclipse.People on Earth saw a lunar eclipse, where the Moon turned red. But Blue Ghost gave us a view few have ever seen – a solar eclipse from the Moon! This is a big step in exploring space. As technology gets better, we might one day see people on the Moon watching these events in person. Until then, robots like Blue Ghost will continue to explore and teach us more about the Moon.You might be wondering how Blue Ghost took pictures without sunlight. It uses batteries to keep working in the dark. The mission is also doing other cool things, like collecting Moon dirt and testing a kind of Moon GPS. This will help astronauts when they go to the Moon.Firefly's Blue Ghost has given us an amazing view of a solar eclipse from the Moon. This shows how much potential there is for future Moon exploration. As we learn more about our closest neighbor in space, missions like this will lead to even more exciting discoveries. Maybe one day, we'll even have people living on the Moon!
