2022年5月15日 Colors of the Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Marcella Giulia Pace Explanation: What color is the Moon? It depends on the night. Outside of the Earth’s atmosphere, the dark Moon, which shines by reflected sunlight, appears a magnificently brown-tinged gray. Viewed from inside th […]
2022年5月7日 Firefall by Moonlight Image Credit & Copyright: Tara Mostofi Explanation: On certain dates in February, an elusive firefall can be spotted at sunset in Yosemite National Park, when water flows, the weather cooperates and the direction to the setting Sun is just right. Often photograph
2022年2月28日 Direct Projection: The Moon in My Hands Image Credit & Copyright: Jeff Graphy Explanation: You don’t have to look through a telescope to know where it’s pointing. Allowing the telescope to project its image onto a large surface can be useful because it dilutes the intense
2022年2月15日 Terminator Moon Image Credit: NASA, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, SVS; Processing & Copyright: Jai & Neil Shet Explanation: What’s different about this Moon? It’s the terminators. In the featured image, you can’t directly see any terminator — the line tha
2022年2月4日 Moons at Twilight Image Credit & Copyright: Robert Fedez Explanation: Even though Jupiter was the only planet visible in the evening sky on February 2, it shared the twilight above the western horizon with the Solar System’s brightest moons. In a single exposure made just after
