June 6, 2012
The light from the farthest visible stars set out on its journey long before your first birthday.
Eclipsed Moon Over Wyoming
Birthday · June 6, 2012
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APOD published June 6, 2012. Credit: Mack H. Frost. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
A setting full moon rarely looks like this. Monday morning just before a fully lit Strawberry Moon dropped behind the Absaroka Mountain Range near Cody, Wyoming, USA, the shadow of the Earth got in the way. A similarly setting partial lunar eclipse was visible throughout most of North and South America, while simultaneously the same partially darkened moon was visible throughout eastern Asia. Pictured in the foreground is a snowbank formation known as the Horse's Head off a tributary of the Shoshone River. Lunar eclipses occur about twice a year, and the next one -- a penumbral eclipse -- will occur in late November. Venus Transit Gallery: Browse or Contribute!
Image credit: Mack H. Frost