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aburtchThis photo is insane. Dude went to Alaska to capture the <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse</a> and the Northern Lights appeared behind it. (Source: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHTysJtvv4Q/?igsh=YzZ0aWMxYjlzaWF4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/DHTysJtvv4Q/?igsh=YzZ0aWMxYjlzaWF4</a>)<a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://triangletoot.party/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrodon</a>

Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) 🚀🛰️"Photographer’s Once-in-a-Lifetime Shots of the Lunar Eclipse and Aurora" by <a href="https://flipboard.com/@PetaPixel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@PetaPixel</a> - A photographer from Nevada took a chance on the possibility to capture the total <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/LunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LunarEclipse</a> with <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/AuroraBorealis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuroraBorealis</a>. Eclipses always happen on schedule. But <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weather</a> may not cooperate. Especially unlikely for <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/spaceweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spaceweather</a>. But it worked. <a href="https://petapixel.com/2025/03/17/photographers-once-in-a-lifetime-shots-of-the-lunar-eclipse-and-aurora/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://petapixel.com/2025/03/17/photographers-once-in-a-lifetime-shots-of-the-lunar-eclipse-and-aurora/</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a>🔴 <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/aurora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aurora</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://spacey.space/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>

Still Mad About CD PricesThe <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> from my house on the day of the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LunarEclipse</a>. This is a few hours after the eclipse itself. I don't exactly have a clear view for sunsets etc.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InMyWay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InMyWay</a>

Phil StookeMy location for Luna 17 was too far west but was not ruled out by the laser data. Here is my LPSC abstract on it from 2005:<a href="https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1194.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2005/pdf/1194.pdf</a>I was contacted by the team trying to get new detections from Lunokhod 1:<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.5720" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.5720</a>With a small footprint and a very narrow range gate (see the second link) the uncertainty made the reflector very hard to detect, and my error wasted some of their time. Only when LRO found the rover did they succeed. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luna17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luna17</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunokhod1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunokhod1</a>

Phil StookeTo know where Lunokhod 1 was before LRO revealed it, the attempt at matching a map to images is one approach. But there was another - laser reflections. Lunokhod 1 carried a reflector supplied by France. The Vinogradov reference (Vol. 2) summarizes contemporary results, shown here. The ellipse is the spread-out footprint of a laser shot from Earth (footprints are much smaller now). laser shots centred at 1 and 2 gave reflections, but weakly at 3, not at 4. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luna17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luna17</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunokhod1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunokhod1</a>

VexisuCamera: Canon 700D Lens: Sigma 70-300 f/4.0-5.6 DG <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/landscapephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landscapephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/moon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sky</a>

Phil StookeThe significant thing to take from this is that I was about 6 km too far west. I chose that spot because it was the only place where there seemed to be a pair of craters matching the largest two in my relief map. As we have seen, the largest one doesn't really exist so I was never going to get it right. In fact, even the biggest crater (Borya) in the traverse area is almost invisible in the old image. This became a problem beyond just me being wrong... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luna17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luna17</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunokhod1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunokhod1</a>

Phil StookeThere is one other thing I want to say about Lunokhod 1. I will start by combining two posts from earlier in this sequence. This image shows 3 panels at left illustrating my old guess about where Luna 17 landed (best image at the time, from Apollo 15; a map of the traverse area showing craters on the old Soviet map, and between them, where I thought that map fitted on the image. At right is a context map for my later maps, with the old outline added. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luna17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luna17</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunokhod1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunokhod1</a>

Phil StookeThe Moon has been keeping me busy lately, but I'm back on the job. That view of the northern horizon showing distant hills can be replicated using synthetic panoramas made in Quickmap: (<a href="https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://quickmap.lroc.asu.edu</a>). Here is a panorama made at the Luna 17 location but at an elevation of several hundred meters, so it looks a bit further over the horizon. There are hills in other directions not seen by Lunokhod 1. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luna17" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luna17</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunokhod1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunokhod1</a>

~meoralis~One last <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SpookySaturday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpookySaturday</a> snap 🌝 Gute <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Nacht?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nacht</a>! <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Biederitz?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biederitz</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/silhouette?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#silhouette</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/trees?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trees</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bäume?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bäume</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BareTrees?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BareTrees</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FullMoon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FullMoon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Moon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Mond?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mond</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EveningSky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EveningSky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Abendhimmel?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abendhimmel</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MoonLight?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoonLight</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Mondlicht?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mondlicht</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/DarkSky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkSky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/night?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#night</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NightSky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NightSky</a>

AnneTheWriter<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NielDeGrasseTyson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NielDeGrasseTyson</a> posted this on Facebook yesterday (25 March 2025). <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LunarEclipse</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TotalLunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TotalLunarEclipse</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ScienceJokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceJokes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astronomy</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FlatEarthers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlatEarthers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FlatEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlatEarth</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eclipse</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/AstronomyJokes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AstronomyJokes</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/flat_earthers_all_around_the_globe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flat_earthers_all_around_the_globe</a>

Chad :mstdn: 🇨🇦Last night's lunar eclipse as viewed from the Moon.Photo by Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lander.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/lunareclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunareclipse</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a>

Astronomy Picture of the DayAPOD from 2025-03-15Tololo TotalityOn Pi day, March 14, the Full <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Moon</a> underwent a total <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse</a>, passing through <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Earth</a>'s shadow. A composite image from Chile shows the eclipse phases with vivid colors and a bluish tint from ozone-filtered sunlight at the edge.HD image at <a href="https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250315.html#space" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250315.html#space</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.bot/tags/planet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#planet</a>

Brian SlettenNot everyone’s rockets are blowing up:<a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lunar-eclipse-moon-lander-blue-ghost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lunar-eclipse-moon-lander-blue-ghost</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blueghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blueghost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#firefly</a>

Sunguramy :nb_lily:Last night's total lunar eclipse.<a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/lunar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunar</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/eclipse2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse2025</a> <a href="https://flipping.rocks/tags/lunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunarEclipse</a>

HorrabinDo not enter, werewolves area. -- No pasar, zona de hombres lobo. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FromInstagram?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FromInstagram</a> - 18/02/2014 <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/instagramimport?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#instagramimport</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/werewolves?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#werewolves</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/hombreslobo?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hombreslobo</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/moon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/luna?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#luna</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/night?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#night</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/noche?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#noche</a>

FreshOutMag<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> by new contributor, Cendrine Marrouat. Cendrine is a poet, writer, photographer, watercolor painter, digital artist, and co-founder of “Auroras & Blossoms” & “A Warm Cup of Cozy.” She has authored, co-authored, & edited more than 50 books in several genres. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/micropoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#micropoetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a>Website: <a href="https://creativeramblings.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://creativeramblings.com</a>

shannonmy best shots of the full moon, blood moon lunar eclipse near totality March 13th & 14th. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bloodmoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloodmoon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fullmoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fullmoon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lunareclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lunareclipse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bloodmooneclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloodmooneclipse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nightsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nightsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/naturalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#naturalist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/totality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#totality</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a>

ˈdälfən™🐬 💥 🌊Good afternoon!Look at the awesome pics my kid got of the moon last night!I hope you have a fantastic Friday!<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/greetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greetings</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Friday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Friday</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/LunarEclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LunarEclipse</a>

Ed WiebeLunar eclipse, last night.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#moon</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/VictoriaBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VictoriaBC</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/eclipse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eclipse</a>

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