Astronomy Picture of the Day - James Webb Space Telescope over Earth

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 26 Dec, 2021 | Image Credit: Arianespace, ESA, NASA, CSA, CNES

[Repeal The 17th]

“...The featured picture shows JWST high above the Earth
just after being released by the upper stage of an Ariane V rocket...”
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And ... “who/what” took this “picture”; and from “where”?
It makes no sense to me.

[Campion]

The upper stage of the Ariane 5 rocket had a camera on it, and it shot this picture just after payload separation.

[dayglored]

They turned on the Webb Telescope's main camera today, and here's the first picture returned from the spacecraft:

(Credit to: Reddit r/funny)

[lagrange point1]

First images from JWST have arrived,

[SunkenCiv]

There's already talk about the next telescope, Luvoir, and even some proposals for after Luvoir.

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