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Credit & Copyright: Marc-AndrÈ Besel
Explanation:
Moonsets are not often quite
as exciting as this one.
But amateur astronomer Marc-Andre Besel was impressed by the
brilliant lighting displays that joined the first
quarter Moon
and stars of the constellation
Scorpius
in western skies.
On August 22, 2004, his view looked across the
Gulf of Mexico from Anna Maria Island, Florida, USA, a region
that would experience even more
stormy weather in the coming days.
The alluring digital image is a time exposure, by
chance capturing
the details of a brief flash of
lightning
along with an overexposed Moon and dramatic cloud formations.
In fact, the exposure is long enough to show the background
stars as short streaks or trails.
The bright yellowish star trail, just above and right of
the lightning flash, is red giant star
Antares.
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Publications with keywords: Moon - lightning - star trail
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- APOD: 2025 September 13 Á Star Trails over One Mile Radio Telescope
- APOD: 2025 September 9 Á Up from the Earth: Gigantic Jet Lightning
- APOD: 2025 August 23 Á Fishing for the Moon
- APOD: 2025 July 27 Á Lightning over the Volcano of Water
- APOD: 2025 July 20 Á Lunar Nearside
- APOD: 2025 June 28 Á Lunar Farside
- APOD: 2025 June 20 Á Major Lunar Standstill 2024 2025