The America space agency NASA since the beginning of the space age nearly 50 years ago has been continuously providing the world with mesmerizing images of our planet solar system and entire universe. This time NASA has released amazing images of the moon showing it moving across the sunlit side of earth.

The images released Wednesday showed the moon when it crossed between the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) spacecraft's Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera (EPIC) and telescope, and the Earth, more than 1.5 million km away.

NASA has released 'animated gif' that shows the moon as it moves across the sunlit side of the earth. The images that were used to produce the gif were taken by EPIC aboard National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) DSCOVR.

Adam Szabo, DSCOVR project scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, said, "It is surprising how much brighter Earth is than the moon. Our planet is a truly brilliant object in dark space compared to the lunar surface".

The key mission of the DSCOVR satellite is to allow NOAA to monitor the solar wind in real-time so that the agency can provide advanced warnings of above average amounts of high-energy particles produced by the sun.

As per experts, powerful bursts of high-energy particles from the Sun can impact power grids, communications systems, and satellites orbiting close to Earth.

EPIC is a four megapixel CCD (charge-coupled device) camera and telescope mounted on the DSCOVR satellite. The device continuously keeps the fully lit Earth in its sights as our home planet rotates on its axis.