Moonrise

The Moon appears more red/orange as it first begins to rise due to scattering of light by Earths atmosphere. When we view the Moon on the horizon, the moonlight has to pass through a greater distance of the atmosphere to our eyes. By this time light on the blue end of the visible spectrum has been scattered away thus we only see the longer wavelengths of visible light, yellow, orange or red. When the Moon is directly overhead (as is pictured here in the last frame), the moonlight has to pass through less of the atmosphere and thus appears as usual.

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Über das Bild

ID:_DSC3183b-CC
Typ:Fotografisch
Veröffentlichungsdatum:29. Juli 2019 15:30
Größe:5568 x 3712 px

Über das Objekt

Name:Moon
Typ:Solar System : Planet : Satellite
Kategorie:Solar System

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