                 APOD: 2017 August 9 - August's Lunar Eclipse

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                                2017 August 9
                                      [2]
                            August's Lunar Eclipse
                  Peter Ward ( Barden Ridge Observatory [3] )

Explanation: August's Full Moon is framed in this sharp, high dynamic range
composition [4] . Captured before sunrise on August 8 from Sydney, Australia,
south is up and the curve of the Earth's dark, umbral shadow is at the left,
near the maximum phase of a partial lunar eclipse [5] . Kicking off the
eclipse season, this time the Full Moon's grazing slide [6]  through Earth's
shadow was visible from the eastern hemisphere. Up next is the much
anticipated total solar eclipse of August 21. Then, the New Moon's shadow
track will include North America, the narrow path of totality running coast to
coast [7]  through the United States.

                    Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space [8]

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