Posted on 10/12/2026 12:52:21 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: How many moons can you see? The best answer is five: four orbiting Jupiter and Luna orbiting Earth. This multi-moon picture was possible because Earth's Moon moved directly in front of Jupiter last week. The featured image is a series of exposures near alignment taken from Westchester, New York, USA. The sunlit crescent of Earth's Moon, on the lower left, is overexposed, while the Moon's night side, on the upper right, is faintly illuminated by Earthshine. Lined up nearly vertically above our Moon, listed from bottom to top, are Jupiter's bright Galilean satellites: Ganymede, Io, Callisto, and Europa. Callisto, Ganymede, and Io are larger than Earth's Moon, while Europa is only slightly smaller. NASA's robotic spacecraft Juno is currently orbiting Jupiter and has made close passes near three of these moons.
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Got a 2001 vibe to it
So, with the proper orbit, is it possible to put Europa around Uranus?
Nice! It was cloudy here, darnit…
Yeah, which runway to use.
No way!

Happy Halloween!
I remember the first time I saw that, after I purchased a nice pair of powerful, motion correcting binoculars...and I gasped.
There was something about it that conveyed the distance and vastness of space in that one instant.
There is something to the right of the upper moon.
The glow of the American Cheese when you lift up the top of your cheeseburger.
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