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Credit & Copyright: Corrado Alesso
Explanation:
Whimsical and creative, this multiple exposure
suggests that planet Earth's sky could be very dramatic
indeed if it were graced by
many moons.
And in James Thurber's well-known
children's story,
Princess Lenore was comfortable with the idea
of many moons,
even if the wise men of the King's court failed to understand.
But just for the Royal Astronomer
and Mathematician,
this picture has an explanation.
On 2001 July 8, three days
past
full moon, astrophotographer
Corrado Alesso loaded his camera
with high-speed film and set it up in the province of Cuneo, Italy.
With the shutter open,
he recorded four separate one second long
exposures on the same frame, covering the wide-angle lens for about
30 minutes between each exposure as the
inconstant moon drifted
through the night.
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