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SorellaLaBefana

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Sat Nov 29, 2025, 09:28 AM 10 hrs ago

Dark Forest, Setting Moon and Softly Glowing Moonstone


... the church walls are partly reflecting light from terrestrial flood lights. Of course, the Moon is reflecting light from the Sun. At any given time the Sun illuminates fully half of the Moon's surface, also known as the lunar dayside, but on that night only a sliver of its sunlit surface was visible. About three days after New Moon, the Moon was in a waxing crescent phase. The single exposure was captured shortly after sunset in skies near Danta di Cadore, northern Italy, planet Earth.

[ihttps://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap251129.html]

I am so very thankful that NASA Astronomy Picture Of the Day is back
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Dark Forest, Setting Moon and Softly Glowing Moonstone (Original Post) SorellaLaBefana 10 hrs ago OP
indeed. AllaN01Bear 9 hrs ago #1
Remarkable. Thank You for bring this picture to us SorellaLaBefana. George McGovern 9 hrs ago #2
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