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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Blue Ghost's Diamond Ring
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| 19 Mar, 2025
| Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Posted on 03/19/2025 12:27:10 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: On March 14 the Full Moon slid through Earth's dark umbral shadow and denizens of planet Earth were treated to a total lunar eclipse. Of course, from the Moon's near side that same astronomical syzygy was seen as a solar eclipse. Operating in the Mare Crisium on the lunar surface, the Blue Ghost lander captured this video frame of Earth in silhouette around 3:30am CDT, just as the Sun was emerging from behind the terrestrial disk. From Blue Ghost's lunar perspective the beautiful diamond ring effect, familiar to earthbound solar eclipse watchers, is striking. Since Earth appears about four times the apparent size of the Sun from the lunar surface the inner solar corona, the atmosphere of the Sun most easily seen from Earth during a total solar eclipse, is hidden from view. Still, scattering in Earth's dense atmosphere creates the glowing band of sunlight embracing our fair planet.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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posted on
03/19/2025 12:27:31 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
03/19/2025 12:28:39 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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The solar eclipse last April looked a lot like that.
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posted on
03/19/2025 12:33:56 PM PDT
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FamiliarFace
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posted on
03/19/2025 12:46:26 PM PDT
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No name given
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Is the Blue Ghost related to Space Ghost?
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posted on
03/19/2025 12:57:32 PM PDT
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Fai Mao
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Is the Blue Ghost related to Space Ghost?
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posted on
03/19/2025 12:57:33 PM PDT
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Fai Mao
(All Democrats need to go to prison.)
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This is from the private Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost lunar lander. Here is the photo when it took a picture of its shadow on the moon:
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posted on
03/19/2025 1:16:32 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
03/19/2025 1:25:17 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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I’ve been fortunate to witness three total solar eclipses, one in Germany...but traveling to the moon is a bit much!
Thanks for the wonderful posts!
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posted on
03/20/2025 5:26:43 AM PDT
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BBB333
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