For this week's APOD, I chose the picture called Rio Morning Moonset. It is a picture of the moon setting last Monday, as seen from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The picture was taken in a calm landscape, next to the sea. The land is slightly reddened by the early morning sun rising. This is what is lighting up the South Atlantic coastline, as seen in the picture. It is clear that the image is a collection of images, rather than just one image, because the moon is seen in different points of the sky as it is setting. The moon appears to be nearly in its full moon phase. The steady progress of the moon's track had a six and a half minute gap in between each frame. The ocean birds appear to be flying from their nests in the last frame only. They are flying from their nesting places on the islands, and are headed inland and to the city's seashore at this time. In the west, the favela Vidigal is set in between the twin peaks of Morro Dois Irmaos (The Two Brothers Hill).
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