Posted on 12/02/2020 3:35:57 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Who's watching who? The featured image of the Moon through a gap in a wall of rock may appear like a giant eye looking back at you. Although, in late October, it took only a single exposure to capture this visual double, it also took a lot of planning. The photographic goal was achieved by precise timing -- needed for a nearly full moon to appear through the eye-shaped arch, by precise locating -- needed for the angular size of the Moon to fit iconically inside the rock arch, and by good luck -- needed for a clear sky and for the entire scheme to work. The seemingly coincidental juxtaposition was actually engineered with the help of three smartphone apps. The pictured sandstone arch, carved by erosion, is millions of years old and just one of thousands of natural rock arches that have been found in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, USA. Contrastingly, the pictured Moon can be found up in the sky from just about anywhere on Earth, about half the time.
(Excerpt) Read more at apod.nasa.gov ...
Has anyone found the cat in the explanation yet?
Great photo.
The hidden picture is some kind of a “scheme”.
Where in the APOD Explanation do they mention a cat?
In any case, I guess you can say the hole in the rock with a near full moon at its center resembles a cat's eye.
But not nearly as much as does this other one I just found...
Below, your original APOD photo...
Go to the article link and in the explanation they have carious words or phrases hotlinked to additional information. About halfway down is a hotlink on the word "schemed". Click on that. Someone at NASA often hides dogs or cats in the explanation hotlinks. Scientist humor.
Should have been the word “scheme”. Scientist typo.
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