'There are 4 people in those pixels': Earth-based telescope snapped Artemis II crew orbiting the moon

A photo of the green bank telescope and the full moon in the sky with an insert radio telescope image showing the Orion capsule near the moon.

In recent weeks, we've been treated to some truly incredible photos of NASA's historic Artemis II mission, including a dump of 12,000 images captured by the crew. But a blurry new snap, which shows the crewed Orion capsule as nothing more than a handful of black and white pixels, is a late contender for the most impressive Artemis II photo — because it was captured by an Earth-based telescope more than 200,000 miles (320,000 kilometers) away.

This makes the newly released photo a candidate for the longest-distance image of humans ever taken from Earth. (Images like the "Pale Blue Dot," which were taken from space, don't count.)