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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Total Lunar Eclipse Corona
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 9 Jun, 2021 | Image Credit & Copyright: Helmut Eder

Posted on 06/09/2021 5:01:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: This moon appears multiply strange. This moon was a full moon, specifically called a Flower Moon at this time of the year. But that didn't make it strange -- full moons occur once a month (moon-th). This moon was a supermoon, meaning that it reached its full phase near its closest approach to the Earth in its slightly elliptical orbit. Somewhat strange, a supermoon appears a bit larger and brighter than the average full moon -- and enables it to be called a Super Flower Moon. This moon was undergoing a total lunar eclipse. An eclipsed moon can look quite strange, being dark, unevenly lit, and, frequently, red -- sometimes called blood red. Therefore, this moon could be called a Super Flower Blood Moon. This moon was seen through thin clouds. These clouds created a faint corona around the moon, making it look not only strange, but colorful. This moon was imaged so deeply that the heart of the Milky Way galaxy, far in the background, was visible to its lower right. This moon, this shadow, this galaxy and these colors were all captured last month near Cassilis, NSW, Australia -- with a single shot. (Merged later with two lower shots that better capture the Milky Way.)


TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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1 posted on 06/09/2021 5:01:45 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 06/09/2021 5:02:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; America_Right; Art in Idaho; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 06/09/2021 5:02:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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bttt


4 posted on 06/09/2021 5:07:01 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Now all we have to do is inoculate the universe against the dreaded Corona. Heh.


5 posted on 06/09/2021 5:12:25 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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I've seen lunar eclipses that were partial, red, deep red and once so dark I could not see it without binoculars.
But nothing like this. Very pretty.

6 posted on 06/09/2021 5:24:24 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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That is totally cool.
The dark area around the moon is the shadow of the earth.


7 posted on 06/09/2021 8:05:29 PM PDT by zeebee ( The left thinks they can train smart people to be stupid.)
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Even the Moon has the virus!.............................


8 posted on 06/10/2021 5:21:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (You can't wait until life isn't hard anymore before you decide to be happy............. Nightbirde)
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