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                                2026 March 13
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                          Toolondo Totality Trails
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Jason Perry

   Explanation: In this composited night skyscape, stacked exposures trace
   graceful star trails above Lake Toolondo, Victoria, Australia, planet
   Earth. Captured while the [5]lunar eclipse of March 3 was [6]in
   progress, the exposures used were made during the hour-long [7]total
   eclipse phase. So faint star trails are easily visible along with the
   trail of the reddened Moon in the [8]eclipse-darkened skies above the
   lake and trees. Of course, the apparent motion of Moon and stars
   revealed in the timelapse composite [9]reflect the Earth's daily
   rotation [10]around its axis. Dramatically punctuating the Moon's trail
   as totality ended, a single, separate telephoto image of the totally
   eclipsed Moon was scaled and blended into the scene.

             Growing Gallery: [11]Total Lunar Eclipse of March 3
                  Tomorrow's picture: prospective pi planet
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   4. https://www.pdogastrophotography.com/about-the-photographer
   5. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/eclipses/
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