by APOD Robot » Mon Jul 11, 2011 4:05 am
A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Tajikistan
Explanation: If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The answer during the total lunar
eclipse last month was recorded in a dramatic time lapse
video from
Tajikistan. During a
total lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun, causing the moon to fade dramatically. The Moon never gets completely dark, though, since the Earth's atmosphere
refracts some light. As the
above video begins, the scene may appear to be daytime and sunlit, but actually it is a nighttime and lit by the glow of the full Moon. As the moon becomes eclipsed and fades, the wind dies down and background stars can be seen reflected in foreground lake. Most spectacularly, the
sky surrounding the eclipsed moon suddenly appears to be
full of stars and highlighted by the busy plane of our
Milky Way Galaxy. The sequence repeats with a closer view, and the final image shows the placement of the eclipsed Moon near the
Eagle,
Swan,
Trifid, and
Lagoon nebulas. Nearly two hours after the eclipse started, the moon emerges from the Earth's shadow and its bright full
glare again dominates the sky.
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