A crescent Moon rising over trees. The dark portion of the Moon's disc is faintly illuminated by earthshine - sunlight reflected by the Earth onto the

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A crescent Moon rising over trees. The dark portion of the Moon's disc is faintly illuminated by earthshine - sunlight reflected by the Earth onto the Moon.

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Photo credit: © ROBIN SCAGELL/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: astronomy, cosmology, earthshine, lunar, moon, planetary, science