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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Eclipsed in Southern Skies
NASA ^ | October 01, 2015 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 10/01/2015 1:05:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: This stunning panorama in southern skies was recorded on the colorful night of September 27/28 from Carngegie Las Campanas Observatory. A diffuse glow and dark rifts of the central Milky Way hang over domes of the twin 6.5 meter Magellan telescopes. But most eye-catching is the deep red glow of the Moon. Immersed in Earth's shadow during the much anticipated perigee-total-lunar eclipse, the Moon's surface reflects the light of sunsets and sunrises scattered and refracted into the planet's cone-shaped umbra. Along with the dramatic hue of the eclipsed Moon, other colors of that night captured by the sensitive digital camera include the red and green shades of atmospheric airglow. Viewers can also spot the Andromeda Galaxy below the Moon, seen as a tiny smudge through the reddish airglow and lights along the horizon. The Magellanic Clouds, satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, join in at the far left of the full panorama frame.

October 01, 2015

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; science
[Credit and Copyright: Yuri Beletsky (Carnegie Las Campanas Observatory)]

1 posted on 10/01/2015 1:05:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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for later, small:

http://129.164.179.22/apod/image/1510/lunareclipse_27Sep_beletsky.jpg

The Big One:

http://129.164.179.22/apod/image/1510/lunareclipse_27Sep_beletsky.jpg


2 posted on 10/01/2015 1:06:17 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: SunkenCiv

Incredible!


3 posted on 10/01/2015 1:30:01 AM PDT by PistolPaknMama
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To: SunkenCiv

Great pic!

I didn’t see it as red; there were thin clouds at my location....


4 posted on 10/01/2015 5:27:04 AM PDT by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: SunkenCiv

Awe-inspiring.


5 posted on 10/01/2015 5:28:29 AM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: WildHighlander57

More of a grey-brown.


6 posted on 10/01/2015 5:28:58 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: SunkenCiv


7 posted on 10/01/2015 5:33:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: SunkenCiv

Where is this observatory?


8 posted on 10/01/2015 5:40:57 AM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: Ditter

Atacama region, northern Chile.


9 posted on 10/01/2015 6:00:27 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: SunkenCiv

Awesome. God truly is the greatest artist ever.


10 posted on 10/01/2015 6:05:18 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
The Big One

11 posted on 10/01/2015 12:39:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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