Like a blister, the “Bay of Rainbows” (Sinus Iridium) pouches out from the Ocean of Showers (Mare Imbrium) on the Moon. The bay is rimmed by the remains of the semicircular wall of a large crater seen catching the rays of the rising sun in this image. Perhaps this is the rainbow that the cartographerContinue reading “Rainbows and Showers”
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Good Librations
Due to the tilt of the Moon’s orbit, it nods north and south during its circuit around Earth allowing us to see a little more of the Moon’s surface than if didn’t tilt. In this case the maximum nodding, or “libration” corresponded with the first and the last quarter of the Moon. The two photosContinue reading “Good Librations”
Just a Phase
Photos of the Moon in its various phases taken through my telescope. © Eskildoodle 2022
Beauty-full Moon
Chilly air colored by the dawning sun filtered the light from the setting full Moon as it peered between the branches of a live oak behind our yard. While leaves are falling in the front yard as our maple sheds its leaves, the live oak wait for spring for their leaves to fall. The seasonsContinue reading “Beauty-full Moon”
Eskildoodle Photos and Feelings 