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                                2025 July 12
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                         Clouds and the Golden Moon
               Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Alexsandro Mota

   Explanation: As the Sun set, a bright Full Moon rose on July 10. Its
   golden light illuminates clouds drifting through southern hemisphere
   skies in this [5]well-composed telephoto image from Conceição do Coité,
   Bahia, Brazil. The brightest [6]lunar phase is captured here with both
   a short and long exposure. The two exposures were combined to reveal
   details of the [7]lunar surface in bright moonlight and a subtle
   iridescence along the dramatically backlit cloudscape. Of course,
   July's Full Moon is a winter moon in the southern hemisphere. But in
   the north it's [8]known to some as the Thunder Moon, likely a nod to
   the sounds of this northern summer month's typically stormy weather.

                      Tomorrow's picture: ants in space
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