January 30, 2013
Somewhere between the hydrogen and the starlight, between the gravity and the grace, the universe conspired to bring you into being.
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Birthday · January 30, 2013
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APOD published January 30, 2013 · Video still. Credit: Mark Gee; Music: Tenderness (Dan Phillipson). A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Have you ever watched the Moon rise? The slow rise of a nearly full moon over a clear horizon can be an impressive sight. One impressive moonrise was imaged two nights ago over Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. With detailed planning, an industrious astrophotographer placed a camera about two kilometers away and pointed it across the lookout to where the Moon would surely soon be making its nightly debut. The above single shot sequence is unedited and shown in real time -- it is not a time lapse. People on Mount Victoria Lookout can be seen in silhouette themselves admiring the dawn of Earth's largest satellite. Seeing a moonrise yourself is not difficult: it happens every day, although only half the time at night. Each day the Moon rises about fifty minutes later than the previous day, with a full moon always rising at sunset. Best of APOD 2012: Download a free 2013 APOD Calendar
Image credit: Mark Gee; Music: Tenderness (Dan Phillipson)