Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Great Wall by Moonlight

NASA ^ | March 13, 2015 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: Last Friday, an almost Full Moon rose as the Sun set, over this mountainous landscape north of Beijing, China. Also near apogee, the farthest point in its elliptical orbit around planet Earth, it was this year's smallest and faintest Full Moon. The Jiankou section of the Great Wall of China meanders through the scene, the ancient Great Wall itself the subject of an older-than-the-space-age myth that it would be visible to the eye when standing on the lunar surface. But even from low Earth orbit, the large scale artifact of human civilization is very difficult to identify. At its farthest from our fair planet, the Moon shines brightly in the twilight sky though, posing in the faint, pinkish band known as the antitwilight arch or the belt of Venus.

[SunkenCiv]

[Credit and Copyright: Francis Audet]

[SunkenCiv]

"Okay, enough already with the terrestrial shots," 'Civ b****ed.

The Big One

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[Brother Cracker]

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MADE IN CHINA.

[Red Badger]

Too bad we don’t have one..................

[sphinx]

They got a good night for the picture. The last time I was on the Wall, you could not see beyond the next watch tower because of the air pollution. Nor could you see the Wall from the base of the mountain.

[TheOldLady]

The Great Meandering Wall of China!

I prefer distant galaxy, nebula, and cloud shots as well.

But thank you for this pic of the Meandering Wall, Mr. Civilizations. :)