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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Find the Moon." This picture was taken on November 28, 2012 in western Colorado slightly before 7AM in the morning. There was a prenumbral lunar eclipse earlier that morning, and it reached its climax just before sunup. If you are viewing this on a laptop, you'll probably have to zoom in on the photo to see the Moon. But those of you with a larger hi-res monitor may be able to pick out Luna fairly quickly. Remember: the Moon is full but undergoing a prenumbral eclipse. Which means only a sliver of the lunar surface is outside the Earth's shadow.
APOD: 2021 July 11 - Find the Moon
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The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon (HQ)
A great song in great quality, not the kind of stuff I usually listen to but a great song all the same.
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Sunday, July, 11, 2021 entitled "Find the Moon."
Image: Find the Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Jimmy Westlake (Colorado Mountain College)
The lunar eclipse almost obscured the moon and yet in can be seen coincidently or more likely purposefully above the word Moon.
Explanation: Where's the Moon? Somewhere in this image, the Earth's Moon is hiding. The entire Moon is visible, in its completely full phase, in plain sight. Even the photographer's keen eye couldn't find it even though he knew exactly where to look -- only the long exposure of his camera picked it up -- barely. Although by now you might be congratulating yourself on finding it, why was it so difficult to see? For one reason, this photograph was taken during a total lunar eclipse, when the Earth's shadow made the Moon much dimmer than a normal full Moon. For another, the image, taken in Colorado, USA, was captured just before sunrise. With the Moon on the exact opposite side of the sky from the Sun, this meant that the Sun was just below the horizon, but still slightly illuminating the sky. Last, as the Moon was only about two degrees above the horizon, the large volume of air between the camera and the horizon scattered a lot of light away from the background Moon. Twelve minutes after this image was acquired in 2012, the Sun peeked over the horizon and the Moon set.'
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon (HQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7AR0-FRro
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Image: Find the Moon - Image Credit & Copyright - Jimmy Westlake (Colorado Mountain College)
The lunar eclipse almost obscured the moon and yet in can be seen coincidently or more likely purposefully above the word Moon.
Explanation: Where's the Moon? Somewhere in this image, the Earth's Moon is hiding. The entire Moon is visible, in its completely full phase, in plain sight. Even the photographer's keen eye couldn't find it even though he knew exactly where to look -- only the long exposure of his camera picked it up -- barely. Although by now you might be congratulating yourself on finding it, why was it so difficult to see? For one reason, this photograph was taken during a total lunar eclipse, when the Earth's shadow made the Moon much dimmer than a normal full Moon. For another, the image, taken in Colorado, USA, was captured just before sunrise. With the Moon on the exact opposite side of the sky from the Sun, this meant that the Sun was just below the horizon, but still slightly illuminating the sky. Last, as the Moon was only about two degrees above the horizon, the large volume of air between the camera and the horizon scattered a lot of light away from the background Moon. Twelve minutes after this image was acquired in 2012, the Sun peeked over the horizon and the Moon set.'
The Waterboys - The Whole Of The Moon (HQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu7AR0-FRro
FYI COL Mikel J. BurroughsLTC (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon A1C Riley SandersGySgt Thomas Vick CPL Douglas Chrysler SP5 Geoffrey Vannerson Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen GySgt Jack WallaceMSgt James Clark-RosaCSM Charles Hayden PO2 (Join to see) CPT (Join to see) SMSgt Mark Venzeio Sgt (Join to see)
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LTC Stephen F.
The Shadows - moonlight shadow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tyYb3yXLhI
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tyYb3yXLhI
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LTC Stephen F.
Very beautiful song - 1971Enjoy it
Cat Stevens - Moonshadow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGNxKnLmOH4
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Definitely a picture that makes you look in the right spot, you can just make out the outline of the moon Maj William W. 'Bill' Price , great puzzler sir.
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Great picture! I guess my laptop is pretty good, the image is just visible.
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