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Mohamed Mohamed
Libya,Tripoli
06/22/2020
09:04 pm

Equipment Details:

Canon SX730 HS

Image Details:

Cresent moon, with its dark side all aglow in earth shine, after sunset in Tripoli,Libya June 22, 2020.
the beauty of a young moon these next several days, note the soft glow of earth shine on the dark side of the moon. Earth shine is twice-reflected sunlight, with sunlight reflected from Earth hitting the moon, and then bouncing back to Earth.

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