|
Credit & Copyright: Chris Kotsiopoulos
(GreekSky)
Explanation:
October's Hunters Moon shines near the horizon,
setting beyond the arches of Whitby Abbey in this eerie night scene.
The moonlight
partly illuminates the ruined Benedictine abbey's
grounds and walls on a cliff overlooking the North Sea
from England's Yorkshire coast.
Fans of Bram Stoker's 1897
novel Dracula
will recognize the abbey and town of Whitby as the
location of the Transylvanian count's shipwrecked landing on English shores.
There fiction's most famous vampire transformed into an immense dog,
jumped ashore and ran up the cliff to the ruined abbey.
A 360 degree panorama,
the
dramatic fisheye view was created from 23 digitally stitched photos.
|
January February March April May June July August September October November December |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Moon
Publications with words: Moon
See also:
- APOD: 2026 August 25 Á Earths Shadow Visualized with Lunar Eclipses
- 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
- Earthset from Orion