Because Shackleton is on the Moon's south pole, this is how it will appear (magnified from Starry Night):
The Earth's axis is 23° inclined from the perpendicular of the ecliptic plane and we see the southern hemisphere up!
Knowing that Earthrise was shown with the Earth above the Moon, rather than on its left (which was actually the case), like here:
Knowing that it's tacitely considered impolite for an astronaut to appear upside down towards his comrades,
I was wondering if humans will accept seeing their own world the other way around...Or perhaps journalists and PR persons will keep twisting the truth just to make it more appealing to the eyes and senses.
The up-down sense is very strong in every human....But is cheating helpful if we want to consider ourselves ready for space?
I already had some remarks from colleagues because I'd put my latitude and longitude as a signature in my e-mails.
Te Earth as seen from Crater Shackleton, right now
