A Moon Dressed Admire Saturn

Why does Saturn seem so mountainous? It would now not — what’s pictured are foreground clouds on Earth crossing in entrance of the Moon. The Moon exhibits a little crescent fragment with most of its surface visible by mirrored Earthlight is referred to as ashen glow. The Sun straight illuminates the brightly lit lunar crescent from the bottom, meaning that the Sun must be below the horizon and so the image used to be taken earlier than sunrise. This double steal-inducing image used to be captured on 2019 December 24, two days earlier than the Moon slid in entrance of the Sun to gain a photo voltaic eclipse. In the foreground, lights from runt Guatemalan cities are visible within the inspire of the gargantuan volcano Pacaya. Apply APOD in English on: Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, or Twitter