Posted on 08/30/2025 12:24:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: A young crescent moon can be hard to see. That's because when the Moon shows its crescent phase (young or old) it can never be far from the Sun in planet Earth's sky. But even though the sky is still bright, a slender sunlit lunar crescent is clearly visible in this early evening skyscape. The telephoto snapshot was captured on August 24, with the Moon very near the western horizon at sunset. Seen in a narrow crescent phase about 1.5 days old, the visible sunlit portion is a mere two percent of the surface of the Moon's familiar nearside. At the Canary Islands Space Centre, a steerable radio dish for communication with spacecraft is tilted in the direction of the two percent Moon. The sunset sky's pastel pinkish coloring is partly due to fine sand and dust from the Sahara Desert blown by the prevailing winds.
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cool pic.... but the moon is getting lit from one direction, and the sat dish is lit up from the other direction...
It seems the Satellite dish is lit from terrestrial lights at it’s base.
That’s because they screwed up and accidentally slipped out a pic from the planet in the binary system that is the source of all our UFOs.
We’ve been working with them for years.
The sat dish is on top of an active volcano and the lava is lighting up the underside.
Nice!
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