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APOD Robot
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by APOD Robot » Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:18 am
Harvest Moon Eclipse
Explanation: A Harvest Moon rises over Sesimbra Castle south of Lisbon in this impressive series of telephoto exposures. Captured at its full phase, the golden Moon was also gliding through the Earth's more diffuse outer shadow during September's
penumbral lunar eclipse. The eclipse shading is subtle compared to a total lunar eclipse. Still, the penumbral shadow
does darken the Moon's upper limb, the pale shadow receding as the Moon climbs into Portugal's evening sky.
In this eclipse timelapse the effect of sunlight and earthshadow on the Moon looks remarkably like the coloring of light and shadow along the illuminated castle walls.
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BillBixby
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by BillBixby » Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:28 am
I think the date on this moons picture should be the 23rd, and the discuss link should go to the picture for the 23rd.
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bystander
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by bystander » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:37 pm
BillBixby wrote:I think the date on this moons picture should be the 23rd, and the discuss link should go to the picture for the 23rd.
Thanks, the PTBs have been notified.
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FLPhotoCatcher
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by FLPhotoCatcher » Fri Sep 23, 2016 4:55 pm
I know this photo was taken in clear skies, and the moon was well above the horizon, but wouldn't there be more reddening of the moon closer to the horizon than is visible in the photo?
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neufer
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by neufer » Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:22 pm
FLPhotoCatcher wrote:
I know this photo was taken in clear skies, and the moon was well above the horizon, but wouldn't there be more reddening of the moon closer to the horizon than is visible in the photo?
Probably.
But (as you point out) it's a penumbral lunar eclipse relatively high [~200 meters] in the sky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castelo_de_Sesimbra wrote:
<<Castelo de Sesimbra, also known as Castelo dos Mouros, is a medieval castle that stands in a dominant position in a cliff, [200 meters] over a cove which constitutes a natural harbor in the Setúbal peninsula between the estuaries of the Tagus river and the Sado river.>>
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by Tekija » Fri Sep 23, 2016 5:46 pm
- Captain Renault: The plane to Lisbon. You would like to be on it?
Rick Blaine: Why? What's in Lisbon?
Captain Renault quote: The clipper to America.
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by ta152h0 » Sat Sep 24, 2016 1:34 am
The Big One August 21 in my backyard, with my D3300
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