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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2025 March 15   
      
                                  Tololo Totality   
      Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Hor+ílek/CTIO (Cerro Tololo Observatory)   
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      Explanation: On March 14 the Moon was Full. In an appropriate   
      celebration of Pi day, that put the Moon 3.14 radians (180 degrees) in   
      ecliptic longitude from the Sun in planet Earth's sky. As a bonus for   
      fans of Pi and the night sky, on that date the Moon also passed   
      directly through Earth's umbral shadow in a total lunar eclipse. In   
      clear skies, the colors of an eclipsed Moon can be vivid. Reflecting   
      the deeply reddened sunlight scattered into Earth's shadow, the   
      darkened lunar disk was recorded in this time series composite image   
      from Cerro Tololo Observatory, Chile. The lunar triptych captures the   
      start, middle, and end of the total eclipse phase that lasted about an   
      hour. A faint bluish tint seen just along the brighter lunar limb at   
      the shadow's edge is due to sunlight filtered through Earth's   
      stratospheric ozone layer.   
      
                Growing Gallery: Total Lunar Eclipse of 2025 March   
                      Tomorrow's picture: Venusian silhouette   
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