Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                               2023 December 3

         IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/afHfMMC-MJE?rel=0

                      Moon Setting Behind Teide Volcano
    Video Credit & [3]Copyright: Daniel López ([4]El Cielo de Canarias);
                   Music: Piano della Moon ([5]Dan Silva)

   Explanation: These people are not in danger. What is coming down from
   the left is just the Moon, far in the distance. [6]Luna appears so
   large here because she is being [7]photographed through a telescopic
   lens. What is moving is mostly [8]the Earth, whose spin causes [9]the
   Moon to slowly disappear behind [10]Mount Teide, a volcano in the
   [11]Canary Islands off the northwest coast of [12]Africa. The people
   pictured are [13]16 kilometers away and many are facing the camera
   because they are watching [14]the Sun rise behind the photographer. It
   is not a [15]coincidence that a [16]full moon rises just when the
   [17]Sun sets because the Sun is always on the opposite side of the sky
   from a full moon. The [18]featured video was made in 2018 during the
   full [19]Milk Moon. The video is not [20]time-lapse -- this was really
   how fast [21]the Moon was setting.

                        Tomorrow's picture: moon shot
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    Authors & editors: [33]Robert Nemiroff ([34]MTU) & [35]Jerry Bonnell
                                 ([36]UMCP)
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                           & [43]Michigan Tech. U.

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   4. https://www.elcielodecanarias.com/
   5. https://vimeo.com/dansilvaworld
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_(goddess)
   7. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1806/Telescope_Teide.jpg
   8. https://science.nasa.gov/earth/
   9. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/
  10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teide
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary_Islands
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1806/teide_volcan_video.jpg
  14. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/facts/
  15. https://atworkandbored.com/jokes-inc/fun-pics/long-neck-cat-8110.jpeg
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  18. https://vimeo.com/272723959
  19. https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2010/0526/What-is-a-milk-moon-anyway
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