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Terminator, 2026

A crescent Earth, night side falling to black, photographed by the Artemis II astronauts minutes before the burn that took the crew beyond Earth orbit.

Night and (Earth) Day
Night and (Earth) Day
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Night and (Earth) Day shown in a graphite plaster wall at night, lit by a console lamp - scale render at 45 × 30 cm
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Material
Size (cm)
Frame
Specification
45 × 30 cm
3 mm Aluminium
No Frame
Mount Kit Included
Price
$140

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About this work
Night and (Earth) Day

On the evening of 2 April 2026 the crew of Artemis II photographed the terminator, the line between night and day, from a stable high Earth orbit. Their spacecraft, Orion, was minutes from leaving. At 19:49 its main engine fired for five minutes and 50 seconds. The burn carried four people out of Earth orbit for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972.

The camera's own clock puts the exposure at 19:45:18, under four minutes before ignition. The shutter ran at 1/1000 of a second, a daylight setting for a sunlit subject, so no star was bright enough to register. Earth is a crescent here, lit from the right, and the disc touches no edge; roughly two thirds of the picture is unlit sky. NASA released it on 22 April, for Earth Day.

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Materials

Metal
The edge of a Madtag aluminium print, a thin bright line, floating clear of a dark wall.

Nothing between you and the picture.

  • The surface for work that wants light.
  • Colour at full strength; blacks hold their depth.
  • Sealed under gloss: no frame, no glazing.
  • 3 mm aluminium composite, floats clear of the wall.
Arrives flat, hanging system included
Paper
A Madtag print on a sheet of matte fine art paper, curling at one corner to show its thickness.

Hahnemühle, not poster paper.

  • When you want the best.
  • Unframed, it is Hahnemühle: photographs on Photo Rag 308, 100% cotton.
  • Painterly work on German Etching 310, mould-made and textured.
  • Over 300 gsm, printed as a pigment giclée.
Arrives rolled in a Madtag tube
Framed
The corner of a Madtag print in a black wood frame, the sheet flush against the moulding behind acrylic, no mount board.

For the wall you want finished.

  • Framed and finished; no trip to a framer.
  • A different print: 200 gsm coated silk, made as one piece.
  • Black, white or natural wood moulding.
  • Acrylic glazing, no mount board: the sheet fills the frame.
Arrives flat in its frame
Canvas
A Madtag print on stretched canvas with a solid black wrapped edge.

Nothing lost around the corner.

  • Occupies the room rather than hanging flat.
  • Stretched over a 40 mm deep FSC wood frame.
  • No glazing; the weave itself takes the light.
  • The picture stops at the face; edges solid black, always.
Arrives stretched and ready to hang
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