A grayscale image of a half-illuminated moon. Red Xs mark six locations on the dark side of the moon where optical flashes, likely caused by impacting meteoroids, were observed during the Leonid meteor shower. The image depicts the moon as it appeared on November 18th.

Astronomy Picture from 08/12/1999

Moon Struck

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991208.html


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