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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Eclipsed Moon Over Wyoming
NASA ^ | June 06, 2012 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 06/05/2012 9:07:52 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: A setting full moon rarely looks like this. Monday morning just before a fully lit Strawberry Moon dropped behind the Absaroka Mountain Range near Cody, Wyoming, USA, the shadow of the Earth got in the way. A similarly setting partial lunar eclipse was visible throughout most of North and South America, while simultaneously the same partially darkened moon was visible throughout eastern Asia. Pictured in the foreground is a snowbank formation known as the Horse's Head off a tributary of the Shoshone River. Lunar eclipses occur about twice a year, and the next one -- a penumbral eclipse -- will occur in late November.

June 06, 2012

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; eclipse; science
[Credit & Copyright: Mack H. Frost]

1 posted on 06/05/2012 9:08:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 06/05/2012 9:08:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SunkenCiv

The heavens declare the glory of God;
    the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
Day after day they pour forth speech;
    night after night they reveal knowledge.
They have no speech, they use no words;
    no sound is heard from them.
Yet their voice[b] goes out into all the earth,
    their words to the ends of the world.

Psalm 19:1-4


3 posted on 06/05/2012 9:15:09 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: Linda Frances

Psalm 19:1-4

Awesome, thanks for posting that; so appropriate. All of nature testifies.


4 posted on 06/05/2012 9:52:44 PM PDT by MonicaG (God bless our military! Praying and thanking God for you every day. Thank you!)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wow, wish I was there!


5 posted on 06/05/2012 9:56:55 PM PDT by huldah1776
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To: SunkenCiv

Damn, we’ve had a solar eclipse, Venus across the sun, and now a lunar eclipse in the space of a week. Sky watcher’s heaven that!


6 posted on 06/05/2012 11:34:19 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Election 2012 - America stands or falls. No more excuses. Get involved.)
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To: SunkenCiv

That photo took my breath away.

I really miss Wyoming. Used to have a place there. Wonderful state.


7 posted on 06/05/2012 11:56:17 PM PDT by Retired Greyhound (.)
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To: SunkenCiv

THANK YOU. This made an awesome desktop wallpaper on my computer.


8 posted on 06/06/2012 12:39:37 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (When life hands you lemons, ask for tequila and salt.)
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To: SunkenCiv

You outdid yourself, Sunky! I’ve never been to Wyoming... wish I could. Looks rustic and so peaceful. Thanks!


9 posted on 06/06/2012 5:18:04 AM PDT by momtothree
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