You propose that the sun is above the horizon and that the bright light on the horizon is a reflection of sunlight. That seems off to me: With the sun in the sk

You propose that the sun is above the horizon and that the bright light on the horizon is a reflection of sunlight. That seems off to me: With the sun in the sky, why would its reflection have the strongest diffraction spikes? Why would there be a blown out fringe along the horizon, and no blown out surface close to the craft? I agree that I'd expect to see stars when the moonshine on earth is overexposed. Maybe it's just glare that makes the light from earth's crescent orb-shaped. In an image of a different camera where the sun is obscured[0], the earth crescent is well visible, and no moonshine on earth. Firefly's page on the mission has enough detail[1] to put your and my speculation to rest :-) [0] https://fireflyspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Blue-Ghost-During-Sunset-Earth-on-Horizon--scaled.jpg https://fireflyspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Blue-Gho... [1] https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-updates/ https://fireflyspace.com/news/blue-ghost-mission-1-live-upda...