              APOD: 2018 February 9 - Total Solar Lunar Eclipse

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                                2018 February 9
                                      [2]
                          Total Solar Lunar Eclipse
  Composite Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Wang Letian [4] , Zhang Jiajie [5]

Explanation: This digitally processed and composited picture creatively
compares two famous eclipses in one; the total lunar eclipse (left) of January
31 [6] , and the total solar eclipse of August 21 [7] , 2017. The Moon appears
near mid-totality in both the back-to-back total eclipses. In the lunar
eclipse [8] , its surface remains faintly illuminated in Earth's dark reddened
shadow [9] . But in the solar eclipse the Moon is in silhouette against the
Sun's bright disk, where the otherwise dark lunar surface is just visible due
to earthshine [10] . Also seen in the lunar-aligned image pair are faint stars
in the night sky surrounding the eclipsed Moon. Stunning details of
prominences and coronal streamers surround the eclipsed Sun. The total phase
of the Great American Eclipse of August 21 lasted about 2 minutes [11] or less
for locations along the Moon's shadow path. From planet Earth's night side,
totality for the Super Blue Blood Moon of January 31 lasted well over an hour
[12] .

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