Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2022 January 22
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                        The Full Moon and the Dancer
                 Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Elena Pinna

   Explanation: On Monday, January's [5]Full Moon rose as the Sun set.
   Spotted near the eastern horizon, its warm hues are seen in this photo
   taken near Cagliari, capital city of the Italian island of Sardinia. Of
   course the familiar patterns of light and dark across the [6]Moon's
   nearside are created by bright rugged highlands and dark smooth lunar
   maria. Traditionally the patterns are seen [7]as pareidolia, giving the
   visual illusion of a human face like the [8]Man in the Moon, or
   familiar animal like the [9]Moon rabbit. But for a moment the
   [10]swarming murmuration, also known as a flock of starlings, frozen in
   the snapshot's field of view lends another pareidolic element to the
   scene. Some see the graceful figure of a dancer enchanted [11]by
   moonlight.

                Tomorrow's picture: moons, rings, and shadows
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References

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   3. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply
   4. https://www.instagram.com/through_my_lens_84/
   5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/2670/moon-phases-2022/
   6. http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/293
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211030.html
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160201.html
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit
  10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4f_1_r80RY
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211118.html
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  18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss
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