After deploying SCI, Hayabusa2 fled behind Ryugu to avoid any debris from either the explosive device itself or material flying off the surface. The spacecraft was about 1 kilometer to the west and 3.5 kilometers behind Ryugu when detonation occured. DCAM3, the small camera Hayabusa2 left behind to watch the explosion and relay pictures, worked exactly as planned. Its analog camera worked for 20 minutes and captured 500 images before the battery ran out, while the digital camera worked for 3 hours and 20 minutes.

Compare this image from the digital camera with a 2017 rendering of what scientists thought it might look like. Not bad: