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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Fishing for the Moon
NASA ^
| 23 Aug, 2025
| Image Credit & Copyright: Marco Bellelli
Posted on 08/23/2025 12:41:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: How big is planet Earth's Moon? Compared to other moons of the Solar System, it's number 5 on the largest to smallest ranked list, following Jupiter's moon Ganymede, Saturn's moon Titan, and Jovian moons Callisto and Io. Continuing the list, the Moon comes before Jupiter's Europa and Neptune's Triton. It's also larger than dwarf planets Pluto and Eris. With a diameter of 3,475 kilometers the Moon is about 1/4 the size of Earth though, and that does make it the largest moon when compared to the size of its parent Solar System planet. Of course in this serene, twilight sea and skyscape, August's rising Full Moon still appears small enough to be caught in the nets of an ancient fishing rig. The telephoto snapshot was taken along the Italian Costa dei Trabocchi, on the Adriatic Sea.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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08/23/2025 12:41:59 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Pinging the APOD list
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posted on
08/23/2025 12:43:18 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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posted on
08/23/2025 12:43:45 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
Amazing what they can farm in the ocean these days...
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posted on
08/23/2025 12:45:40 PM PDT
by
Adder
(End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
To: Adder
Moonfish:
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posted on
08/23/2025 12:47:49 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are living through the greatest of all ICE Ages.)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
08/23/2025 12:59:34 PM PDT
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No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: MtnClimber
I just wont say anything and lurk this thread...
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posted on
08/23/2025 1:05:47 PM PDT
by
sit-rep
(START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
08/23/2025 1:15:03 PM PDT
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telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
To: telescope115
Does Uranus have a moon?..........Forget I asked.
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posted on
08/23/2025 2:14:11 PM PDT
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Colt1851Navy
(What was wrong with riminalNixon?)
To: Colt1851Navy
Does Uranus have a moon?..........Forget I askedIt most certainly does. It is called "JB Senile exotic 1", for some mysterious reason hangs around there. JB is short for Joe Biden.
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posted on
08/23/2025 2:26:28 PM PDT
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cpdiii
(cane cutter, deckhand, oilfield roughneck, drilling fluid tech, geologist, pilot, pharmacist, MAGA)
To: Colt1851Navy
Two moons- Hemorrhoid and Polyp…..they’re kinda hard to see. One needs the right kind of scope…..
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posted on
08/23/2025 3:35:06 PM PDT
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telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
To: MtnClimber
It looks like it is resting in a hammock.
To: MtnClimber
“Ah. RED SNAPPER!
Very Tasty!”
.
Movie ‘UHF’
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:53:18 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
To: sit-rep
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posted on
08/23/2025 6:54:43 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
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posted on
08/23/2025 8:05:29 PM PDT
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sit-rep
(START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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