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Credit & Copyright: ClÈment Brustel
Explanation:
There is something unusual about this astronomically-oriented photograph.
It's not obvious -- it was discovered only during post-processing.
It is not
the Moon, although capturing the Moon rising during a total lunar eclipse is
quite an unusually interesting sight.
(Other interesting images also captured during last month's eclipse can be found
here.)
It is not
Mars, found to the lower right of the Moon,
although Mars being captured near its brightest
also makes for an unusually interesting sight.
(Mars is visible nearly the entire night this month; other interesting images of
it can be found
here.)
It is not the
foreground mountains,
although the French
Alps
do provide unusually spectacular perspectives on
planet Earth.
(Other interesting mountainous starscapes can be found
here.)
It is the goat.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: lunar eclipse - Mars
Publications with words: lunar eclipse - Mars
See also:
- Full Moon, Full Mars
- APOD: 2025 January 15 Á Wolf Moon Engulfs Mars
- Eclipse Pair
- APOD: 2024 December 3 Á Ice Clouds over a Red Planet
- APOD: 2024 November 10 Á Valles Marineris: The Grand Canyon of Mars
- APOD: 2024 September 9 Á Mars: Moon, Craters, and Volcanos
- APOD: 2024 June 5 Á Shadow of a Martian Robot