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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Радужное облако в лунном свете http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1790731/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace
Explanation:
In
this snapshot
from November 18, the Full Moon was not far
from Earth's shadow.
In skies over Sicily the brightest
lunar phase was
eclipsed by passing clouds though.
The full moonlight was dimmed and
momentarily diffracted by small but similar sized water droplets
near the edges of the high thin clouds.
The resulting
iridescence shines
with colors like a lunar corona.
On that night, the Full Moon was also seen close to
the Pleiades star cluster appearing at the lower left
of the iridescent cloud bank.
The stars of the
Seven Sisters were soon to
share the sky with a darker, reddened lunar disk.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.