Jim Oberg wrote:

See his "random topics" section of his home page,
http://www.astr.ua.edu/keel/space/,
and go to the link "Identification of stars seen in the
background of the ultraviolet pictures of the Earth
taken with the Carruthers UV camera from Apollo 16
on the lunar surface."



That's a neat shot of the Earth; is the lighting effect in the night
area due to reflected Moonlight?
Also, is the odd illuminated area at the southern end of the terminator
related to the Antarctic ice cap?

Pat