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                                2025 March 24
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                     A Total Lunar Eclipse Over Uruguay
                Video Credit & Copyright: [2]Mauricio Salazar

   Explanation: If the full Moon suddenly faded, what would you see? The
   answer was recorded in a dramatic time lapse video taken during the
   total lunar [3]eclipse last week from [4]Uruguay. During a [5]total
   lunar eclipse, the Earth moves between the [6]Moon and the [7]Sun,
   causing the Moon to fade dramatically. The [8]Moon never gets
   completely dark, though, since the Earth's atmosphere [9]refracts some
   light. As the featured video begins, the scene may appear to be daytime
   and sunlit, but actually it is nighttime and lit by the glow of the
   full Moon. As the [10]Moon becomes eclipsed and fades, background stars
   become visible. Most spectacularly, the [11]sky surrounding the
   eclipsed moon suddenly appears to be [12]full of stars and highlighted
   by the busy plane of our [13]Milky Way Galaxy. Nearly two hours after
   the eclipse started, the Moon emerged from the Earth's shadow and its
   bright full [14]glare again dominated the sky.

                     Tomorrow's picture: moon glows blue
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