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Credit & Copyright: Babak Tafreshi
(TWAN)
Explanation:
As the Sun rose, a nearly
full Moon set in this
serene seaside
vista captured last Monday from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In the foreground, the reddened early morning sunlight
illuminates a stretch of South Atlantic coastline.
Looking toward the west, in a
scene that is a familiar one to Rio's Ipanema
beach
goers, the
favela Vidigal is nestled
below the twin peaks of
Morro Dois Irmãos (Two Brothers Hill).
This well-composed
multiple-exposure image recorded the
steady progress of the dramatic moonset with a 6.5 minute gap
between each frame.
Flying from their nests at the break of dawn, all the ocean birds
appear only in the
last
single frame.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: Moon - full moon
Publications with words: Moon - full moon
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- APOD: 2026 August 25 Á Earths Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
- APOD: 2026 August 1 Á Buck Moon and Belt of Venus
- APOD: 2026 May 11 Á Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
- APOD: 2026 May 9 Á Messier Craters in Stereo
- APOD: 2026 April 15 Á The ISS Transits the Moon
- APOD: 2026 April 11 Á Artemis II: Flight Day 6
- The Bay of Rainbows