Victor Glover, one of the four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II Moon-flyby mission, mentioned Las Vegas yesterday. Watching the solar corona through the capsule’s window, Glover commented, “If youve ever seen the spotlight off the top of the Luxor at night in Las Vegas, this looks like what that wants to be when it grows up. The solar corona is the outermost layer of the Suns atmosphere. Typically invisible due to the brightness of the Sun, it’s the pearly glow you see during a total solar eclipse. Though several astronauts have commented on the brightness of Las Vegas as seen from space, this one is the most clever. Isn’t it? C’mon! Victor Glover just made the most dazzling light show in history sound like it’s jealous of a hotel on the Strip. Or how about this? The solar corona just looked down at the Luxor beam and said, ‘Cute. Call me when you grow up.'” By the way, “cislunar space” refers to the region between the Earth and the Moon.
Source: Las Vegas News