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Nasa releases first high-def images of sunset on the moon

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Images show spread of the glow along moon ’s horizon as the sun appears about halfway set.

Lunar horizon glow was first documented by Eugene Cernan , one of the last two men to set foot on the moon during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 .

Blue Ghost was carrying an array of scientific experiments, including a lunar soil analyzer and a radiation-tolerant computer.

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