南太平洋影集
South Pacific Shadowset
來源：full Moon｜發表日期：2024-08-24
滿月和地球的影子在這個島嶼的天空中交相輝映。這是 8 月 20 日星期二早晨從地球南太平洋的斐濟拍攝到的迷人景象。對於早起的人們來說，西邊天空的月影是每天都會出現的景象。然而，灰藍色的陰影常常被人們忽略，而更多的是東方地平線的亮光。地球的落日陰影穿過稠密的大氣層，在上方以粉紅色的光暈或反黃昏拱門為界。這個拱門被稱為 "金星帶"，其可愛的顏色是由於對面地平線上冉冉升起的太陽發出的紅光的反向散射造成的。當然，由於穿過大氣層的視線較長，落月的光線也會變紅。不過，這一天的滿月可以被稱為季節性藍月，是有四個滿月的季節中的第三個滿月。儘管滿月總是在地平線附近給人留下深刻印象，但有人認為 8 月的滿月是 2024 年連續四個滿月中的第一個超級月亮。
原文：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.
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