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2023年12月30日 The Last Full Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Giacomo Venturin Explanation: Known to some in the northern hemisphere as December’s Cold Moon or the Long Night Moon, the last full moon of 2023 is rising in this surreal mountain and skyscape. The Daliesque scene was captured in a single exposure with a camera and long telephoto lens near M...
2022年10月14日 The Falcon and the Hunter’s Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Seeley Explanation: The Full Moon of October 9th was the second Full Moon after the northern hemisphere autumnal equinox, traditionally called the Hunter’s Moon. According to lore, the name is a fitting one because this Full Moon lights the night during a time for...
2022年7月15日 Lubovna Full Moon Petr Horalek / Institute of Physics in Opava Explanation: On July 13 this well-planned telephoto view recorded a Full Moon rising over Lubovna Castle in eastern Slovakia. The photographer was about 3 kilometers from the castle walls and about 357,000 kilometers from this Full Moon near perigee, the closest point in its elliptical...
2021年11月10日 Video of a Green Flash Video Credit & Copyright: Paolo Lazzarotti Explanation: Many think it is just a myth. Others think it is true but its cause isn’t known. Adventurers pride themselves on having seen it. It’s a green flash from the Sun. The truth is the green flash does exist and its cause is well understood. Just as the sett...
2021年06月18日 Devil Horns from a Ring of Fire Image Credit & Copyright: Madhup Rathi Explanation: Atmospheric refraction flattened the solar disk and distorted its appearance in this telescopic view of an Atlantic sunrise on June 10. From Belmar, New Jersey on the US east coast, the scene was recorded at New Moon during this season’s annular solar e...