by APOD Robot » Thu Jun 23, 2016 4:06 am
Solstice Dawn and Full Moonset
Explanation: A Full Moon sets as the Solstice Sun rises in this June 20 dawn skyscape.
Captured from a nearby peak in central California, planet Earth, the scene looks across the summit of Mount Hamilton and
Lick Observatory domes on a calendar date that marks an astronomical change of seasons and
hemispherical extremes
of daylight hours. Earth's shadow stretches toward the Santa Cruz Mountains on the western horizon. Just above the atmospheric grey shadowband is a more colorful anti-twilight arch, a band of reddened, backscattered sunlight also known as the
Belt of Venus. The interplay of solstice dates and lunar months does make this solstice and Full Moon a rare match-up. The next
June solstice and Full Moon will fall on the same calendar date on June 21, 2062.
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[b] Explanation: [/b] A Full Moon sets as the Solstice Sun rises in this June 20 dawn skyscape. [url=http://www.lauriehatch.com/GalleryMain.asp?GalleryID=134713&AKey=6Q457TBG]Captured from a nearby peak[/url] in central California, planet Earth, the scene looks across the summit of Mount Hamilton and [url=https://www.ucolick.org/main/index.html]Lick Observatory[/url] domes on a calendar date that marks an astronomical change of seasons and [url=http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=6125]hemispherical[/url] extremes [url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/june-solstice-means-late-nights-bright-lights/]of daylight hours[/url]. Earth's shadow stretches toward the Santa Cruz Mountains on the western horizon. Just above the atmospheric grey shadowband is a more colorful anti-twilight arch, a band of reddened, backscattered sunlight also known as the [url=http://www.atoptics.co.uk/atoptics/earshad.htm]Belt of Venus[/url]. The interplay of solstice dates and lunar months does make this solstice and Full Moon a rare match-up. The next [url=http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/june-solstice-full-moon-in-2016]June solstice and Full Moon[/url] will fall on the same calendar date on June 21, 2062.
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