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丹麦黄昏的月光

(原标题: Crepuscular Moon Rays over Denmark)

2022-07-27

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这一轮月亮来了。通常,月出是安静而安详的。这颗地球轨道上最大的伴星需要几分钟的时间才能完全看到地平线上的景象,在它升上夜空之前,它一直相对比较模糊。然而,大约一周前,尽管只有一半被太阳照亮,这个升起的月亮还是上演了一场表演——至少从这个位置看是这样。原因是,从丹麦奈克宾莫尔斯的利姆峡湾(Limfjord)看,月亮升到了地平线附近散乱的云层下面。结果,在这张单次曝光的照片中,月光透过云层的缝隙倾泻而下,形成了所谓的黄昏光线。当从地平线附近开始时,这些光线可以在天空中呈扇形展开,甚至可以在天空的另一边汇聚。在我们的月亮后面,银河系的恒星点缀在背景中,我们银河系最大的轨道伴星——仙女座星系——可以在左上角找到。几乎超空间:随机APOD生成器

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This moon made quite an entrance. Typically, a moonrise is quiet and serene. Taking a few minutes to fully peek above the horizon, Earth's largest orbital companion can remain relatively obscure until it rises high in the nighttime sky. About a week ago, however, and despite being only half lit by the Sun, this rising moon put on a show -- at least from this location. The reason was that, as seen from Limfjord in Nykøbing Mors, Denmark, the moon rose below scattered clouds near the horizon. The result, captured here in a single exposure, was that moonlight poured through gaps in the clouds to created what are called crepuscular rays. These rays can fan out dramatically across the sky when starting near the horizon, and can even appear to converge on the other side of the sky. Well behind our Moon, stars from our Milky Way galaxy dot the background, and our galaxy's largest orbital companion -- the Andromeda galaxy -- can be found on the upper left. Almost Hyperspace: Random APOD Generator

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