                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2018 August 7
                                      [2]
                    Eclipsed Moon and Mars over Mountains
                Image Credit & Copyright: Clément Brustel [3]

Explanation: There is something unusual about this astronomically-oriented
photograph. It's not obvious -- it was discovered only during post-processing.
It is not the Moon [4] , although capturing the Moon rising during a total
lunar eclipse is quite an unusually interesting sight. (Other interesting
images also captured during last month's eclipse can be found here [5] .) It
is not Mars [6] , found to the lower right of the Moon, although Mars being
captured near its brightest also makes for an unusually interesting sight.
(Mars is visible nearly the entire night this month; other interesting images
of it can be found h [7] e [8] r [9] e [10] .) It is not the foreground
mountains [11] , although the French Alps [12] do provide unusually
spectacular perspectives on planet Earth [13] . (Other interesting mountainous
starscapes can be found h [14] e [15] r [16] e [17] .) It is the goat.

                     Tomorrow's picture: meteoroid stream

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