Posted on 02/28/2015 6:26:34 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Taken on February 20, five different exposures made in rapid succession were used to created this tantalizing telephoto image. In combination, they reveal a wide range of brightness visible to the eye on that frigid evening, from the urban glow of the Quebec City skyline to the triple conjunction of Moon, Venus and Mars. Shortly after sunset the young Moon shows off its bright crescent next to brilliant Venus. Fainter Mars is near the top of the frame. Though details in the Moon's sunlit crescent are washed out, features on the dark, shadowed part of the lunar disk are remarkably clear. Still lacking city lights the lunar night is illuminated solely by earthshine, light reflected from the sunlit side of planet Earth.
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[Credit and Copyright: Jay Ouellet]
Not only terrestrial, but Urban!
LOL>
Thanks for the post. I was wondering what that smaller object near Venus was.
Zero’s home planet.
In the spirit of the recently adopted “net-neutrailty” regulations; Cletus DID NOT copy this photo to his home PC hard-drive and use it for his desktop background.
Nope, no way, nyet!
Did not happen at all...
Under these new regs, I’m sure the FCC can access my PC through their NEW AND IMPROVED internet and see whether this is true or not.
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