Astronomy Picture of the Day: Eclipsed Moonlight


	Astronomy Picture of the Day: Eclipsed Moonlight

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<B> Explanation: </B>
Moon watchers blessed with clear skies
over the Americas, Europe, Africa
and western Asia
<A href="http://www.spaceweather.com/eclipses/
gallery_20feb08.htm">enjoyed</A> a total
<A href="http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/
eclipse.html">lunar eclipse</A> this week.
Catching eclipsed moonlight,
astroimager Jerry Lodriguss
<A href="http://www.astropix.com/HTML/SHOW_DIG/070.HTM">offers
this view</A> of the
inspiring celestial event with the
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060909.html">shadowed Moon</A> accompanied by
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070407.html">wandering</A> planet Saturn at the left,
and bright Regulus, alpha
star of the constellation
<A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_(constellation)">Leo,
above</A>.
The engaging composite picture was made by combining a filtered,
telephoto image of the Moon and surrounding starfield with a
telescopic exposure.
The combination dramatizes the <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031121.html">reddened
moonlight</A> while
clearly showing the variation of brightness
and color in Earth's not-so-dark shadow across the
<A href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/
04nov_lunareclipse2105.htm">lunar surface</A>.
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