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| | =Blue Moon in the Daytime Sky= | | =Blue Moon in the Daytime Sky= |
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| + | <p>[[File:Daytime_moon_090207-LPOD.jpg|daytime_moon_090207-LPOD.jpg]]<br /> |
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| − | <p>[[File:Daytime_moon_090207-LPOD.jpg|daytime_moon_090207-LPOD.jpg]]<br /> | |
| | <em>image by [mailto:alan@greatarrow.com Alan Friedman]</em></p> | | <em>image by [mailto:alan@greatarrow.com Alan Friedman]</em></p> |
| − | <p>Many people fail to notice the Moon in the daytime sky, but in fact it is frequently visible during the day, but has low contrast and doesn’t attract attention. LPOD has featured a number of [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2004-10-27.htm previous] daytime [http://www.lpod.org/archive/LPOD-2005-02-24.htm images], demonstrating that we have more opportunities for appreciating our pocked orb than even most lunar observers probably realize. Perhaps daytime study of the Moon can make astronomy a normal schooltime [http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/mooncal/daymoon.htm activity]. And now Alan has taken an image with high resolution more typical of an excellent evening view - in fact, if you adjust the contrast you can darken the blue to a steely hue, as if it were a great evening view. [http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/daytime_moon.html Here] it is in higher resolution, and if you click the link you can see the bright International Space Station streaking across this dark Moon.</p> | + | <p>Many people fail to notice the Moon in the daytime sky, but in fact it is frequently visible during the day, but has low contrast and doesn’t attract attention. LPOD has featured a number of [[October_27,_2004|previous]] daytime [[February_24,_2005|images]], demonstrating that we have more opportunities for appreciating our pocked orb than even most lunar observers probably realize. Perhaps daytime study of the Moon can make astronomy a normal schooltime [http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/mooncal/daymoon.htm activity]. And now Alan has taken an image with high resolution more typical of an excellent evening view - in fact, if you adjust the contrast you can darken the blue to a steely hue, as if it were a great evening view. [http://www.avertedimagination.com/img_pages/daytime_moon.html Here] it is in higher resolution, and if you click the link you can see the bright International Space Station streaking across this dark Moon.</p> |
| | <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> | | <p>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</p> |
| | <p><em>Note: I missed LPOD yesterday, and in fact missed most of the day, for I spent 27 straight hours at my office completing a proposal to manage NASA’s national intern program. Seeing the Moon at any time of day is pretty hard from indoors.</em> </p> | | <p><em>Note: I missed LPOD yesterday, and in fact missed most of the day, for I spent 27 straight hours at my office completing a proposal to manage NASA’s national intern program. Seeing the Moon at any time of day is pretty hard from indoors.</em> </p> |
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| | <p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> | | <p><strong>Related Links:</strong><br /> |
| | Alan’s [http://www.avertedimagination.com website].</p> | | Alan’s [http://www.avertedimagination.com website].</p> |
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| + | <p><b>Yesterday's LPOD:</b> [[September 20, 2007|An Unfamiliar Fresh Crater]] </p> |
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| + | <p><b>Tomorrow's LPOD:</b> [[September 23, 2007|The Beginning of Lunar Science]] </p> |
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