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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Uruguay
NASA ^ | 24 Mar, 2025 | Video Credit & Copyright: Mauricio Salazar

Posted on 03/24/2025 1:34:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video taken during the total lunar eclipse last week from Uruguay. During a total lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun, causing the Moon to fade dramatically. The Moon never gets completely dark, though, since the Earth's atmosphere refracts some light. As the featured video begins, the scene may appear to be daytime and sunlit, but actually it is nighttime and lit by the glow of the full Moon. As the Moon becomes eclipsed and fades, background stars become visible. Most spectacularly, the sky surrounding the eclipsed moon suddenly appears to be full of stars and highlighted by the busy plane of our Milky Way Galaxy. Nearly two hours after the eclipse started, the Moon emerged from the Earth's shadow and its bright full glare again dominated the sky.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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Todays image is a video at the source link

1 posted on 03/24/2025 1:34:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Pinging the APOD list

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Todays image is a video at the source link

2 posted on 03/24/2025 1:34:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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But all the Uruguayans missed the eclipse.
They were staring at Uranus.


3 posted on 03/24/2025 1:39:51 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: MtnClimber

Interesting how it seemed to flash brightly once, just before coming back.
(Caused by a well timed passing cloud...)


4 posted on 03/24/2025 2:04:59 PM PDT by EasySt (Say not this is the truth, but so it seems to me to be, as I see this thing I think I see. #MAGA-A)
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To: MtnClimber

Why can you see the Milky Way on earth but not space?


5 posted on 03/24/2025 2:53:46 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: MtnClimber

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6 posted on 03/24/2025 4:51:03 PM PDT by Coronal
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