File:The crescent Moon and earthshine.jpg
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DescriptionThe crescent Moon and earthshine.jpg |
English: This view shows the thin crescent Moon setting over ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As well as the bright crescent the rest of the disc of the Moon can be faintly seen. This phenomenon is called earthshine. It is due to sunlight reflecting off the Earth and illuminating the lunar surface. By observing earthshine astronomers can study the properties of light reflected from Earth as if it were an exoplanet and search for signs of life.
This picture was taken on 27 October 2011 and also records the planets Mercury and Venus. |
Date | Taken on 27 October 2011 |
Source | http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1210a/ |
Author | ESO/B. Tafreshi/TWAN (twanight.org) |
Other versions | https://www.flickr.com/photos/esoastronomy/6809312066/ |
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JPEG file comment | This view shows the thin crescent Moon setting over ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As well as the bright crescent the rest of the disc of the Moon can be faintly seen. This phenomenon is called earthshine. It is due to sunlight reflecting off the Earth and illuminating the lunar surface. By observing earthshine astronomers can study the properties of light reflected from Earth as if it were an exoplanet and search for signs of life. This picture was taken on 27 October 2011 and also records the planets Mercury and Venus. |
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File change date and time | 11:18, 22 February 2012 |
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Categories:
- Wide-angle landscape at Paranal Observatory
- Night at Paranal Observatory
- Conjunctions of the Moon
- Conjunctions of Mercury
- Conjunctions of Venus
- Taken under moonlight
- ESO Images - Solar System
- 2011 in astronomy
- October 2011 in Chile
- Observatories in Chile photographed in 2011
- Photos by Babak Amin Tafreshi for ESO
- Earthshine
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