In today's image, we see a solar eclipse as seen from our Moon. In this case, it is the Earth passing in front of the Sun, blocking out its light. Here we see the ring of Earth's atmosphere with light coming through it as well as the "diamond" which is the last sliver of sunlight visible.

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