                APOD: 2017 December 8 - Alpine Superga Moonset

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                                2017 December 8
                                      [2]
                            Alpine Superga Moonset
              Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Stefano De Rosa [4]

Explanation: December's Full Moon phase occurred near perigee [5] , the
closest point in its orbit around our fair planet. Big and bright [6] , the
fully illuminated lunar disk sets over rugged mountains in this early
morningscape from Turin, Italy [7] . Captured just before sunrise on the
opposite horizon, scattered sunlight near the edge of Earth's shadow [8]
provides the beautiful reddish glow of the alpine peaks. Hills in the
foreground are still in shadow. But the scattered sunlight just illuminates
the dome and towers of Turin's historic Basilica of Superga on a hilltop [9]
near the lower right in the telephoto frame.

                    Tomorrow's picture: light-weekend [10]

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