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Credit & Copyright: Laurie Hatch
Explanation:
Only two days past full,
February's moon shines through thin clouds,
rising on the left in this fisheye
night skyscape.
The moonlight illuminates a weathered, rounded foreground in the
Alabama Hills,
conveniently located east of
Mt. Whitney
along the Sierra Nevada range in California, USA,
planet Earth.
Orion the Hunter stands at the right, a familiar northern
winter constellation.
Bright Jupiter, the solar system's
ruling gas giant,
is near center at the top of the frame.
Below Jupiter, Sirius,
alpha star
of the Big Dog,
poses above a bowed and twisted landform known as
Möbius Arch,
its curve reminiscent of the
mathematically
famous surface with only one side.
Of course,
instead of using rock, wind, and weather, a
Möbius strip is easier to make with paper,
scissors,
and tape.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Moon - Orion - Sirius
Publications with words: Moon - Orion - Sirius
See also:
- APOD: 2023 September 17 Á Moon Mountains Magnified during Ring of Fire Eclipse
- APOD: 2023 September 5 Á Blue Supermoon Beyond Syracuse
- APOD: 2023 June 12 Á The Largest Satellites of Earth
- APOD: 2023 May 24 Á Observatory Aligned with Moon Occulting Jupiter
- Shackleton from ShadowCam
- APOD: 2023 April 26 Á The Moon through the Arc de Triomphe
- APOD: 2023 February 28 Á Crescent Moon Beyond Greek Temple