images were taken from NASA's deep space climate observatory and show a view of the far side

of the moon as it's lit by the sun and moves in front of the Earth.

The images show the moon moving across the Pacific Ocean towards North America.

Its far side is revealed showing a crater.

Observers on Earth only see one side of the moon because it's tidily locked to our planet,

meaning its orbital period is the same as its rotation around its axis.

The images of the far side of the moon weren't seen by humankind until a Soviet mission in 1959.

While it monitors solar winds, NASA's observatory will capture the dark side of the moon twice

each year.