The mission's commander, Reid Wiseman, took the images after a final engine burn towards the Moon.

The first image shows the Atlantic Ocean and the Earth's atmosphere with green auroras.

The Earth appears upside down with the Sahara and South America visible.

Nasa identified the bright planet as Venus.

The images were taken after a successful trans-lunar injection burn.

The burn took the Orion spacecraft out of Earth orbit to travel to the Moon.

Artemis II is on a path around the Moon and back, the first time since 1972.

The crew will pass the Moon on 6 April and return to Earth on 10 April.

The crew took pictures after the burn, with a beautiful view of the dark Earth.

They saw the dark side of the Earth lit by the Moon.

The commander asked how to clean the windows, which were dirty from use.

Wiseman found it hard to take pictures of Earth from a distance.

He compared it to taking a picture of the Moon from his house.

That is no longer an issue.

Another view shows the Earth divided by night and day.

Nasa published an image of the Earth in darkness with twinkling lights.

It compared the 2026 view of Earth to one taken by Apollo 17 in 1972.

Nasa said our home looks gorgeous from space, and we've come far in 54 years.