APOD Eclipsed Moon and Stars

[glenc (Glen)]

Eclipsed Moon and Stars
Credit & Copyright: Johannes Schedler (Panther Observatory)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ima...0_schedler.jpg
Explanation: This dramatic image features a dark red Moon during a total lunar eclipse -- celestial shadow play enjoyed by many denizens of planet Earth last Saturday. Recorded near Wildon, Austria, the picture is a composite of two exposures; a relatively short exposure to feature the lunar surface and a longer exposure to capture background stars in the constellation Leo. Completely immersed in Earth's cone-shaped shadow during the total eclipse phase, the lunar surface is still illuminated by sunlight, reddened and refracted into the dark shadow region by a dusty atmosphere. As a result, familiar details of the Moon's nearside are easy to pick out, including the smooth lunar mare and the large ray crater Tycho. In this telescopic view, the background stars are faint and most would be invisible to the naked eye.

[h0ughy (David)]

wow, looks almost un-real doesn’t it? Its like a Kellogg’s cereal space shot on the packaging, looks almost too good to be true! its a wonderful effort, wished we got to see it like that..............

[Ric]

What an excellent image, theres even a small galaxy been captured to the upper left of the Moon.
Your right Houghy it has a very surreal look about it, even a bit 3D as well.

Cheers