APOD: 2018 July 30 - Lunar Eclipse over Rio

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                                 2018 July 30
                                      [2]
                            Lunar Eclipse over Rio
                  Image Credit: Carlos 'Kiko' Fairbairn [3]

Explanation: Moonrise doesn't usually look this interesting. For one thing,
the full moon [4] is not usually this dark -- but last Friday the moon rose
[5]  here as it simultaneously passed through the shadow of the Earth. For
another thing, the Moon does not usually look this red [6]  -- but last Friday
[7] it was slightly illuminated by red sunlight preferentially refracted [8]
through the Earth's atmosphere. Next, the Moon doesn't usually rise next to a
planet, but since Mars [9]  was also coincidently nearly opposite [10]  the
Sun, the red planet was visible to the full moon [11] 's upper right. Finally,
from the vantage point of most people, the Moon does not usually rise over Rio
de Janeiro [12]  in Brazil [13] . Last Friday's sunset eclipse [14] , however,
specifically its remarkable Micro [15] Blood Moon [16]  Total Lunar Eclipse
[17] , was captured [18]  from Rio's Botofogo Beach [19] , along with an
unusually large crowd of interested onlookers.

                    Tomorrow's picture: layered mars [20]

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  [3] https://www.instagram.com/kikofairbairn/
  [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_moon
  [5] ap171203.html
  [6]
http://earthsky.org/space/
why-does-the-moon-look-red-during-a-total-lunar-eclipse
  [7]
https://www.facebook.com/pg/APOD.Sky/photos/
?tab=album&album_id=1520357464735134
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  [10] ap180709.html
  [11] ap160201.html
  [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro
  [13] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
  [14] https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/lunar/201...
  [15] ap161113.html
  [16]
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-lunar-ecli...
star-gazers-seek-a-glimpse-of-blood-moon-in-longest-lunar-eclipse-of-21st-
century-idUSKBN1KH13G
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