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Credit & Copyright: Taha Ghouchkanlu
(TWAN)
Explanation:
Just two weeks ago,
dark skies over the desert in northern Iran
held this alluring celestial vista.
The dramatic digital mosaic finds the Moon and Mars
alongside the Milky Way's dusty rifts, stars, and nebulae.
Captured through a series of exposures to cover a range in brightness,
that night's otherwise Full Moon is immersed in Earth's shadow.
It actually appears fainter
and redder than the Red Planet itself
during the widely watched total lunar eclipse.
For cosmic tourists,
the skyscape also includes the
Lagoon (M8) and Trifid (M20)
nebulae and planet Saturn shining against the Milky Way's
pale starlight.
The Moon isn't quite done with
its
shadow play, though.
Today, the New Moon
partially eclipses the Sun for much of northern planet Earth.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Mars - Milky Way - Moon
Publications with words: Mars - Milky Way - Moon
See also:
- APOD: 2024 August 7 Á Milky Way Behind Three Merlons
- APOD: 2024 August 5 Á Milky Way Over Tunisia
- APOD: 2024 August 4 Á Gaia: Here Comes the Sun
- APOD: 2024 July 31 Á Leopard Spots on Martian Rocks
- APOD: 2024 July 29 Á Milky Way over Uluru
- APOD: 2024 July 24 Á Exaggerated Moon
- APOD: 2024 July 22 Á Chamaeleon Dark Nebulas