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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Surreal Moon
NASA ^
| August 14, 2014
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 08/14/2014 8:11:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Big, bright, and beautiful, a Full Moon near perigee, the closest point in its elliptical orbit around our fair planet, rose on August 10. This remarkable picture records the scene with a dreamlike quality from the east coast of the United States. The picture is actually a composite of 10 digital frames made with exposures from 1/500th second to 1 second long, preserving contrast and detail over a much wider than normal range of brightness. At a perigee distance of a mere 356,896 kilometers, August's Full Moon was the closest, and so the largest and most super, of the three Full Moons nearest perigee in 2014 now popularly known as supermoons. But if you missed August's super supermoon, the next not-quite-so supermoon will be September 8. Then, near the full lunar phase the Moon's perigee will be a slightly more distant 358,387 kilometers. That's only about 0.4 percent less super (farther and smaller) than the super supermoon.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; moon; science
[Credit & Copyright: Jerry Lodriguss (Catching the Light)]
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posted on
08/14/2014 8:11:00 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
Get luna about the moona.
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posted on
08/14/2014 8:12:17 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/14/2014 8:16:30 PM PDT
by
dalebert
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/14/2014 8:18:02 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: SunkenCiv
Would make great “wallpaper” for a computer screen.
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posted on
08/14/2014 8:44:23 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Bah! "A composite of 10 digital frames"
Here's a real picture mateys, Arrrr.
Dec 18, 2013, with Jupiter:
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:27:56 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: SunkenCiv
Great picture.
Any moonrise when viewed just coming up over the horizon always draws my attention for a while.
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:35:03 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: dr_lew
Good pic with the clouds not hiding Jupiter.
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:37:08 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
To: The Cajun
The clouds were thin and Jupiter was shining through them, for the most part. The ring around the moon was due to forward scattering, which produced the colors. It was a fascinating view and I took dozens of shots, as the scene shifted every few seconds with the movement of the clouds. Trying to capture time in bottle!
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posted on
08/14/2014 9:46:51 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: dr_lew
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posted on
08/14/2014 10:01:35 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: dr_lew
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posted on
08/14/2014 10:49:19 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
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To: SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
Reminds me of this by Steichen:
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posted on
08/15/2014 6:28:35 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(ISIS has started up a slave trade in Iraq. Mission accomplshed, Barack, Mission accomplished.)
To: dr_lew
Very nice. Saw the moon and Venus very close together in June. One night they seemed to be seperated by only a few Venus diameters. A humble 8x30 pair of binoculars (of good quality) already shows a lot!
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posted on
08/15/2014 6:57:07 AM PDT
by
Moltke
(Sapere aude!)
To: a fool in paradise
Oh, now that is beautiful!
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posted on
08/15/2014 7:48:28 PM PDT
by
To Hell With Poverty
(Epesians 6:12 becomes more real to me with each news cycle.)
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