Last month, Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) captured a number of images of the moon passing in front of the sunlit side of our planet from a distance of 1.6 million miles away. The images were combined into one .gif file, showing the other side of the moon.

The dark side of the moon that is not visible from Earth has been shown in NASA imagery. For the first time, it has been captured in an entirely illuminated stance. DSCOVR captured the images using its 4-megapixel Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC). DSCOVR is a space "weather" satellite intended to measure solar winds instantaneously and return data to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Images of the lit side of Earth are regularly captured by EPIC and it returns them to Earth. As per reports, those images are interpreted by NOAA scientists so as to analyze and make forecasts on levels of aerosols, ozone, cloud formations, in addition to vegetation throughout the world. EPIC is scheduled to regularly update that data in September. This data will help researchers learn better about those variations.

However, according to NASA experts, images of Earth and moon approaching closer could only be captured twice a year for the reason that this is how DSCOVR satellite usually comes in the orbital plane of the moon.

These images were captured on July 16. The dark side of the moon was snapped by Soviet Union's Luna 3 spacecraft in the 1960s. NASA probes also captured striking images of hidden side of the moon.