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Total Lunar Eclipse, Recorded on the far west side of Lakeland, FL within walking distance of the Hillsborough County line, at around 2:30am on December 21, 2010. This is the first time that a total lunar eclipse and the winter solstice (first day of winter) have occurred simultaneously since 1638, and is not forecast to [...]
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Tidally locked in synchronous rotation, the Moon always presents its familiar nearside to denizens of planet Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon's farside can become familiar, though. In fact this sharp picture, a mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's wide angle camera, is centered on the lunar farside. Part of a global mosaic of over [...]
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