BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.

SHADOWDANCE  Here, the Moon is photographed through the shadow of a volcano, Mauna Kea in Hawaii.  The Sun has just set in the opposite direction, behind the camera. Additionally, the Moon has just passed full phase — were it precisely at full phase it would rise, possibly eclipsed, at the very peak of the shadow. Refraction of moonlight through the Earth’s atmosphere makes the Moon appear slightly oval. Cinder cones from old volcanic eruptions are visible in the foreground. (Photo:  Michael Connelley via NASA APOD)