s*****t 发帖数: 1994 | 1 November's Lunar Eclipse
Animation Credit & Copyright: Larry Koehn
Explanation: The Moon slides through the Earth's shadow this Saturday night / Sunday morning (November
8/9) giving skygazers in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and western Asia a chance to enjoy a total lunar eclipse.
As lunar eclipses go, this will be a brief one though, with the total phase lasting only about 25 minutes. The
orientation and relative size of the Earth's shadow and the Moon's trajectory are il | s*****t 发帖数: 1994 | 2 Sunset Moonlight
Credit & Copyright: Markus Strassfeld
Explanation: November's lunar eclipse was one of the shortest in recent years and also one of the brightest --
demonstrating that the Earth's shadow is not completely dark. The eclipsed Moon remained easily visible during
totality, reflecting reddened light filtering on to its surface from all the sunsets and sunrises, as seen from the
lunar perspective, around the edges of a silhouetted Earth. Hoping to view the cel |
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