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APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2017 Dec 03)
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:06 am
by APOD Robot
Full Moon Silhouettes
Explanation: Have you ever watched the Moon rise? The slow rise of a nearly full moon over a clear horizon can be an impressive sight. One impressive moonrise was imaged in early 2013 over
Mount Victoria Lookout in
Wellington,
New Zealand. With
detailed planning, an
industrious astrophotographer placed a camera about two kilometers away and pointed it across the lookout to where
the Moon would surely soon be making its nightly debut. The
featured single shot sequence is unedited and shown in real time -- it is
not a time lapse. People on
Mount Victoria Lookout can be seen in
silhouette themselves admiring the dawn of Earth's largest satellite. Seeing a
moonrise yourself is not difficult: it happens every day, although only half the time at night. Each day the
Moon rises about
fifty minutes later than the previous day, with a full moon
always rising at sunset. A good time to see a full moonrise
will occur tonight at sunset as
the Moon's relative closeness to Earth during a full phase -- called a
supermoon -- will cause it to appear slightly larger and brighter than usual.
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Re: APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2017 Dec 03)
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 5:56 am
by revloren
I was surprised to see the moon moving right to left (south to north) as it rose. But I guess that makes sense, since it is the southern hemisphere and all. I guess those kiwis like to do things different.
Re: APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2017 Dec 03)
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:49 am
by heehaw
revloren wrote:I was surprised to see the moon moving right to left (south to north) as it rose. But I guess that makes sense, since it is the southern hemisphere and all. I guess those kiwis like to do things different.
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Re: APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2017 Dec 03)
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:52 am
by ta152h0
I remember well playing soccer with my friends under a full moon at night in Brasil. The Southern Cross was not bright enough but this thing was.
Re: APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2017 Dec 03)
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 6:03 pm
by scr33d
The days when you see not one person in a small group messing with their phones...
Re: APOD: Full Moon Silhouettes (2017 Dec 03)
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2017 6:38 pm
by neufer
https://www.etymonline.com/word/debut wrote:
debut (n.) 1751, from French début "first appearance," a figurative use from débuter
"make the first stroke at billiards," also
"to lead off at bowls" (a game akin to bowling), 16c., from but "mark, goal,"
from Old French but "end." The verb is first attested 1830.
Début can only be pronounced as French, and should not be used by anyone who shrinks from the necessary effort. [Fowler]