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                                2026 March 13

                          Toolondo Totality Trails
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Jason Perry

   Explanation: In this composited night skyscape, stacked exposures trace
   graceful star trails above Lake Toolondo, Victoria, Australia, planet
   Earth. Captured while the lunar eclipse of March 3 was in progress, the
   exposures used were made during the hour-long total eclipse phase. So
   faint star trails are easily visible along with the trail of the
   reddened Moon in the eclipse-darkened skies above the lake and trees.
   Of course, the apparent motion of Moon and stars revealed in the
   timelapse composite reflect the Earth's daily rotation 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: Total Lunar Eclipse of March 3
                  Tomorrow's picture: prospective pi planet
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