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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Wednesday, December 2, 2020 entitled "Eye of Moon." Queue the Alan Parsons.

Image: Eye of Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Zachery Cooley

Excellent image of the moon with a red-rock frame :-)

Since you mentioned Alan Parsons.

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"Explanation: Who's watching who? The featured image of the Moon through a gap in a wall of rock may appear like a giant eye looking back at you. Although, in late October, it took only a single exposure to capture this visual double, it also took a lot of planning. The photographic goal was achieved by precise timing -- needed for a nearly full moon to appear through the eye-shaped arch, by precise locating -- needed for the angular size of the Moon to fit iconically inside the rock arch, and by good luck -- needed for a clear sky and for the entire scheme to work. The seemingly coincidental juxtaposition was actually engineered with the help of three smartphone apps. The pictured sandstone arch, carved by erosion, is millions of years old and just one of thousands of natural rock arches that have been found in Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, USA. Contrastingly, the pictured Moon can be found up in the sky from just about anywhere on Earth, about half the time."


Alan Parsons - Sirius / Eye In The Sky (Live)
https://youtu.be/jdyto5rf0HU?t=15
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Excellent morning astronomy picture share Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , have a great Wednesday sir.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown
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I also visited Arches but not sure I would have been able to get that shot. Nice one Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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