the way I imagine it the sun is emitting light from all angles at all times. Why did the photo have streaks of light? I assume this is because of the camera but it has multiple pilers of light so I am confused. maybe because the sun doesn’t emit the same amount of light from each area depending on flares? I am tagging this physics but if people think that this is more engineering I’ll change it.
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The streams are from light being bounced around in the camera and parts of the space craft. There was less than degree of separation between the Earth and the Sun, and the Sun is really bright, so the camera ends up picking up light that is scattering off different parts of the camera and external features of the spacecraft.
The fact that Earth ended up in a streak is just luck.
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