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                                2019 July 18

                         Shadowed Moon and Mountain
                         Image Credit: Norbert Span

   Explanation: On July 16 the Moon celebrated the 50th anniversary of the
   launch of Apollo 11 with a lunar eclipse visible from much of planet
   Earth. In this view part of the lunar disk is immersed in Earth's dark,
   reddened umbral shadow. Near the maximum eclipse phase, it just touches
   down along a mountain ridge. The rugged Tyrolean nightscape was
   recorded after moonrise south of Innsbruck, Austria with a dramatically
   lit communication tower along the ridgeline. Of course eclipses rarely
   travel alone. This partial lunar eclipse was at the Full Moon following
   July 2nd's New Moon and total eclipse of the Sun.

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