That would make for a spectacular shot. Neat thought jseal.

I believe the earth halo, as seen from the moon, would largely be reddish orange. You are exactly right that the longer red light waves would be refracted by our nitrogen atmosphere. But it would most likely absorb the shorter blue waves. I don’t know if we had any photo capable satellite equipment in alignment at the precise time, but the same emissions you saw reflected back from the moon last night, has to be an impressive aura around the earth.

There are a ton of sites with pictures of and from space. Everything from artsy prints and poster to GPS monument maps. Here’s a couple, but do your own search for the type you’re interested in.
http://www.boondocksnet.com/cb/post...ce_regions.html
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

You can see your house with this one.
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/sseop/clickmap/



Here’s one of my favorite pics.

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