[ASTRONOMIA] The Old Moon in the Young Moon's Arms

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image credit & copyright: Stan Honda



this stunning image of a young Moon near the western horizon was taken just after sunset on october 2018

on the lunar disk Earthshine, earthlight reflected from the Moon's night side, is embraced by the slim, sunlit crescent just over 2 days old

along the horizon fading colors of twilight silhouette the radio telescope dish antennas of the Very Large Array, New Mexico, planet Earth

the view from the Moon would be stunning, too! when the Moon appears in Earth's sky as a slender crescent, a dazzlingly bright, nearly full Earth would be seen from the lunar surface

a description of earthshine, in terms of sunlight reflected by Earth's oceans in turn illuminating the Moon's dark surface, was written 500 years ago by Leonardo da Vinci


































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