This is why you keep your cameras ready to grab at a moment’s notice.
The moon’s pretty easy to grab a picture of, even with just a decent telephoto lens. If I had bothered to grab a tripod, the pictures would have been even better (particularly the right-hand one), but I just saw the jet coming while I was out walking the dog and watering the new grass (it’s still growing great!) and I didn’t have time to get fancy. (Next time, I promise. Maybe.)
Also, I want to welcome back to the Green Hills of Earth the Expedition 35 crew, Chris Hadfield, Thomas Marshburn, and Roman Romanenko. They’ve done a damn fine job and the “contingency” spacewalk to fix an ammonia coolant leak that they pulled off (along with the three Expedition 36 crew members that are still on orbit) with less than 48 hours of planning was a perfect example of why the best thing to get the job done in space is often trained and flexible human brain working with a good pair of hands and an amazing team on the ground backing them up.
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 