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LTC Stephen F.
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the May 19th Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD); 'A Digital Lunar Eclipse.'

A Digital Lunar Eclipse
Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Cain
Explanation: Recorded on May 15/16 this sequence of exposures follows the Full Moon during a total lunar eclipse as it arcs above treetops in the clearing skies of central Florida. A frame taken every 5 minutes by a digital camera shows the progression of the eclipse over three hours. The bright lunar disk grows dark and red as it glides through planet Earth's shadow. In fact, counting the central frames in the sequence measures the roughly 90 minute duration of the total phase of this eclipse. Around 270 BC, the Greek astronomer Aristarchus also measured the duration of total lunar eclipses, but probably without the benefit of digital watches and cameras. Still, using geometry he devised a simple and impressively accurate way to calculate the Moon's distance in terms of the radius of planet Earth, from the eclipse duration.

Bad Company -- Leeds 1974 -- Shooting Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIEQXrEHgC4

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I have always love this song but I didn't know it came out that early in the 70s.
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In H.S I listen to Bad Company all the time.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
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Super cool eclipse share Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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Sgt John H.
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Excellent photo. I wish the cloud cover had not obscured it here!
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