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Image of the Day · 2026-08-19

The Sun Throws, the Moon Catches

Power in space is a circus act: the Sun throws, the Moon catches

Constructivist-style illustration of space-based solar power: a large textured sun disc at upper left sends a gold wedge of light to an orbital collector ring of flat red panels, which relays the energy as a chain of shrinking red chevrons down to a small receiving station on the limb of a cratered gray moon disc at lower right, all set in flat cream, black, red, and gold geometry.
An artistic imagining, not existing hardware: an orbital collector drinks raw sunlight and throws it onward as a beamed power relay to a small station waiting out the lunar night. Composed as a constructivist circus act, the Sun throws and the Moon catches. First image in the poweringspace.com Image of the Day series. Image: poweringspace.com. Artistic imagining.
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