Saturday, August 10, 2013

Earthshine

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A striking young Moon, only 2.35 days past New, only 5.5 percent illuminated by the Sun, the remainder in earthshine, brought out with exceptional artful detail. The target was 399,215 km away and slowing as its approaches perigee at roughly a kilometers per minute [Maurice Collins/Moon Science].

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