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"However, the moon will not be properly recognized by the camera and Scene Optimizer technology if it is obscured by clouds, or if the moon object itself is the side that is not visible from the Earth."

Do not choose the Samsung for your travel photos of the dark side of the moon.




Now I'm imagining an astronaut snapping a photo with their phone while in Lunar orbit, and when they look at the image the Moon's replaced with the broken-image icon from Netscape.


I snorted when reading that, how many cell phone images of the back of the moon exist?


None, yet. But a spaceship full of instagrammers is on its way.

https://www.space.com/dearmoon-announces-moon-crew-spacex-st...


Reading that article gave me the "Just sending a bunch of random people up in a rocket to go around the moon, what could possibly go wrong?" vibes.




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