A stunning nightscape featuring a nearly full moon partially obscured by foreground clouds. The Earthshine, or Da Vinci glow, illuminates the shadowed portion of the moon's surface. Lights from Guatemalan towns are visible in the distance below the silhouette of the Pacaya volcano. The image, taken before sunrise, showcases the illusion of an unusually large moon due to the perspective of the clouds.

Astronomy Picture from 01/09/2024

The Moon Dressed Like Saturn

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap240901.html


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The effect is now also known as Earth Shine.

I took these pictures this evening when the twilight allowed just enough light to see the Da Vinci Glow illuminating the moon.

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