﻿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2023 December 3 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/afHfMMC-MJE?rel=0 Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano Video Credit & [3]Copyright: Daniel López ([4]El Cielo de Canarias); Music: Piano della Moon ([5]Dan Silva) Explanation: These people are not in danger. What is coming down from the left is just the Moon, far in the distance. [6]Luna appears so large here because she is being [7]photographed through a telescopic lens. What is moving is mostly [8]the Earth, whose spin causes [9]the Moon to slowly disappear behind [10]Mount Teide, a volcano in the [11]Canary Islands off the northwest coast of [12]Africa. The people pictured are [13]16 kilometers away and many are facing the camera because they are watching [14]the Sun rise behind the photographer. It is not a [15]coincidence that a [16]full moon rises just when the [17]Sun sets because the Sun is always on the opposite side of the sky from a full moon. The [18]featured video was made in 2018 during the full [19]Milk Moon. The video is not [20]time-lapse -- this was really how fast [21]the Moon was setting. Tomorrow's picture: moon shot __________________________________________________________________ [22]< | [23]Archive | [24]Submissions | [25]Index | [26]Search | [27]Calendar | [28]RSS | [29]Education | [30]About APOD | [31]Discuss | [32]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [33]Robert Nemiroff ([34]MTU) & [35]Jerry Bonnell ([36]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [37]Specific rights apply. [38]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [39]ASD at [40]NASA / [41]GSFC, [42]NASA Science Activation & [43]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/afHfMMC-MJE?rel=0 3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 4. https://www.elcielodecanarias.com/ 5. https://vimeo.com/dansilvaworld 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(goddess) 7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1806/Telescope_Teide.jpg 8. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/ 9. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/ 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1806/teide_volcan_video.jpg 14. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/ 15. https://atworkandbored.com/jokes-inc/fun-pics/long-neck-cat-8110.jpeg 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211010.html 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220320.html 18. https://vimeo.com/272723959 19. https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0526/What-is-a-milk-moon-anyway 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170820.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160201.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231202.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 26. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 28. https://apod.com/feed.rss 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 31. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=231203 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231204.html 33. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 34. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 35. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 36. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 37. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 38. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 39. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 40. https://www.nasa.gov/ 41. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 42. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 43. http://www.mtu.edu/