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A Full Plankton Moon

Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek / Institute of Physics in Opava

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Several images of a full moon setting are superposed. The moon images are nearly white near the top, but turn orange and then are covered by low clouds near the horizon. Unusually, the setting moon images line up almost vertically. In the foreground is a beach with waves illuminated by blue-glowing plankton.

APOD: 2024 March 11 – A Full Plankton Moon

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Many years ago as a ships engineer, I’d just come out of the engine room after midnight and was having a cold beer leaning on the handrails, we were passing the Great Barrier Reef. A large patch of plankton appeared beside the ship and something large and black swam through, porpoise/dolphin shape 2-3 meters long.
All over in seconds but I can still picture it 57 years later.
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