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Moon over Earth

auteur: Nasa/Novapix

référence: t-nua09-00060

Image Size 300 DPI: 25 * 16 cm

The moon seems to be floating inside Earth's atmosphere as it was photographed by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS) while above Russia. On the left side of the image, night is falling; on the right side, it's still broad daylight. This gradient of sunlight is the key to the illusion.

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2003 - ATMOSPHERE - ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA - CLOUD - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - HORIZON - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - LIMB - MOON - SPACE STATION - TERMINATOR -