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Astronomy Picture of the Day - At the Shadow's Edge
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 25 Nov, 2021
| Image Credit & Copyright: Jean-Francois Gout
Posted on 11/25/2021 11:45:58 AM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Shaped like a cone tapering into space, the Earth's dark central shadow or umbra has a circular cross-section. It's wider than the Moon at the distance of the Moon's orbit though. But during the lunar eclipse of November 18/19, part of the Moon remained just outside the umbral shadow. The successive pictures in this composite of 5 images from that almost total lunar eclipse were taken over a period of about 1.5 hours. The series is aligned to trace part of the cross-section's circular arc, with the central image at maximum eclipse. It shows a bright, thin sliver of the lunar disk still beyond the shadow's curved edge. Of course, even within the shadow the Moon's surface is not completely dark, reflecting the reddish hues of filtered sunlight scattered into the shadow by Earth's atmosphere.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: astronomy; eclipse; lunareclipse; moon; nasa; science; themoon; umbra
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posted on
11/25/2021 11:46:19 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pinging the APOD list.
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posted on
11/25/2021 11:46:54 AM PST
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MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
Another moon shot. (fake)
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posted on
11/25/2021 11:53:34 AM PST
by
Ken H
(Trump won.)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
11/25/2021 12:05:33 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: Ken H
Boy, that’s a nice smile😃
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posted on
11/25/2021 12:27:41 PM PST
by
Keyhopper
(Indians had bad immigration laws)
To: MtnClimber
Q: Did you know they found bugs on the moon?
A: Really?
Yeah, they found lunatics! :)
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posted on
11/25/2021 1:07:24 PM PST
by
Concentrate
(ex-texan was right and Always Right was wrong, which is why we lost the election. )
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
11/25/2021 2:05:32 PM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
To: Ken H
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posted on
11/25/2021 7:17:47 PM PST
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: MtnClimber
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, pretty neat!
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posted on
11/25/2021 7:20:22 PM PST
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telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: telescope115
Haven’t seen a moon like that since the Kardashians held a nude bathing party !
To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Darn! You get invited to all the great parties!
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posted on
11/26/2021 6:10:06 AM PST
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: Ken H
Kinda sad that the girl in the foreground somehow lost her right armpit, and has to go through life without one.
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posted on
11/27/2021 7:16:12 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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