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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.   
      
                                  2024 August 24   
      
                              South Pacific Shadowset   
                        Image Credit & Copyright: Jin Wang   
      
      Explanation: The full Moon and Earth's shadow set together in this   
      island skyscape. The alluring scene was captured Tuesday morning,   
      August 20, from Fiji, South Pacific Ocean, planet Earth. For early   
      morning risers shadowset in the western sky is a daily apparition.   
      Still, the grey-blue shadow is often overlooked in favor of a brighter   
      eastern horizon. Extending through the dense atmosphere, Earth's   
      setting shadow is bounded above by a pinkish glow or anti-twilight   
      arch. Known as the Belt of Venus, the arch's lovely color is due to   
      backscattering of reddened light from the opposite horizon's rising   
      Sun. Of course, the setting Moon's light is reddened by the long   
      sight-line through the atmosphere. But on that date the full Moon could   
      be called a seasonal Blue Moon, the third full Moon in a season with   
      four full Moons. And even though the full Moon is always impressive   
      near the horizon, August's full Moon is considered by some the first of   
      four consecutive full Supermoons in 2024.   
      
                      Tomorrow's picture: fresh tiger stripes   
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