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Long Shadows of the Montes Caucasus

By |2025-12-19T15:44:24-05:00December 19th, 2025|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day When the Moon is at its first quarter phase, the Sun rises along the Montes Caucasus as seen from the lunar surface. The lunar mountain range casts the magnificent, spire-like shadows in this telescopic view from planet Earth, looking along the lunar terminator or the boundary between lunar night and [...]

Sunrise Shadows in the Sky

By |2024-09-21T09:09:09-04:00September 21st, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day The defining astronomical moment of this September's equinox is at 12:44 UTC on September 22, when the Sun crosses the celestial equator moving south in its yearly journey through planet Earth's sky. That marks the beginning of fall for our fair planet in the northern hemisphere and spring in the [...]

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