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Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Moon Lightning
Explanation:
Moonsets [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] are not often quite as exciting as this one. But amateur astronomer Marc-Andre Besel was impressed by the brilliant lighting displays that joined the first quarter [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] Moon and stars of the constellation Scorpius [ http://hawastsoc.or…] in western skies. On August 22, 2004, his view looked [ http://people.freen…Fotoalben/Blitz/PAGE 1.HTM ] across the Gulf of Mexico from Anna Maria Island, Florida, USA, a region that would experience even more stormy [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] weather in the coming days. The alluring digital image is a time exposure, by chance [ http://images.jsc.n…fullimage.jsp?photoI d=S83-40452 ] capturing the details of a brief flash of lightning [ http://thunder.msfc…] along with an overexposed Moon and dramatic cloud formations. In fact, the exposure is long enough to show the background stars as short streaks or trails [ http://www.astropix…I_ASTROP/I06/I0601/I 0601.HTM ]. The bright yellowish star trail, just above and right of the lightning flash, is red giant star Antares [ http://www.astro.ui…].
Credit and Copyright:
Marc-André Besel [ mailto:Marc-Andre.Be sel at web.de ]
facet_when:
August 22, 2004
facet_where:
Florida
facet_where:
Gulf of Mexico
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
ANTARES
facet_what:
Scorpius
facet_what:
moon
facet_when_year:
2004
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap041007

Moon Lightning
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