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APOD: 2020 November 11 - Colors of the Moon
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Good morning this Veterans Day, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "The Colors of the Moon." Marcella Giulia Pacé is a regular contributor to APOD, and today she shares with us a composite of full moon images taken across Italy over the last 10 years. A red or yellow colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon (Earth's atmosphere scatters blue light). A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate a moon seen through an atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. What creates the purple moon is unclear. The last image (center-right) captures the total lunar eclipse of July 2018. Pictores Caeli - Pictures of Heaven.
APOD: 2020 November 11 - Colors of the Moon
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA collage of images AKA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for November 11, 2020 entitled "The Colors of the Moon."
Image: Colors of the Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Marcella Giulia Pace.
I particularly like the purple-tinted moon, the orange moons and the blue moons [A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate a moon seen through an atmosphere carrying larger dust particles]
Happy Veterans Day to one and all!
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"Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth's atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. Viewed from inside the Earth's atmosphere, though, the moon can appear quite different. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years from different locations across Italy. A red or yellow colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon. There, some of the blue light has been scattered away by a long path through the Earth's atmosphere, sometimes laden with fine dust. A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate a moon seen through an atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. What created the purple moon is unclear -- it may be a combination of several effects. The last image captures the total lunar eclipse of 2018 July -- where the moon, in Earth's shadow, appeared a faint red -- due to light refracted through air around the Earth. The next full moon will occur at the end of this month (moon-th) and is known in some cultures as the Beaver Moon.
The Shadows - moonlight shadow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tyYb3yXLhI
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Image: Colors of the Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Marcella Giulia Pace.
I particularly like the purple-tinted moon, the orange moons and the blue moons [A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate a moon seen through an atmosphere carrying larger dust particles]
Happy Veterans Day to one and all!
APOD Background
"Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth's atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. Viewed from inside the Earth's atmosphere, though, the moon can appear quite different. The featured image highlights a collection of apparent colors of the full moon documented by one astrophotographer over 10 years from different locations across Italy. A red or yellow colored moon usually indicates a moon seen near the horizon. There, some of the blue light has been scattered away by a long path through the Earth's atmosphere, sometimes laden with fine dust. A blue-colored moon is more rare and can indicate a moon seen through an atmosphere carrying larger dust particles. What created the purple moon is unclear -- it may be a combination of several effects. The last image captures the total lunar eclipse of 2018 July -- where the moon, in Earth's shadow, appeared a faint red -- due to light refracted through air around the Earth. The next full moon will occur at the end of this month (moon-th) and is known in some cultures as the Beaver Moon.
The Shadows - moonlight shadow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tyYb3yXLhI
FYI Maj Robert Thornton Lt Col Charlie Brown COL Mikel J. Burroughs Sgt (Join to see) PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT Denny Espinosa Sgt Vance Bonds MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. TSgt David L. SPC Nancy GreenePO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael Noll SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt David A Asbury SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
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Really like that one and his guitar is so mello that it makes the song very mello but upbeat.
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I've seen many of those. Fascinating.
Good morning and Happy Veterans Day Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
Good morning and Happy Veterans Day Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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