Astronomy Picture of Day: Leonids and Moon# Astronomy - 天文
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Leonids vs. The Moon
Credit & Copyright: Frank Sapp
Explanation: Beautiful and bright, the 2002 Leonid meteors battled against glaring
moonlight. This winning example, from Tuesday morning skies above Laughlin, Nevada,
USA, finds an undaunted Leonid streaking between the familiar constellation of Orion (left)
and an overexposed full Moon. As anticipated, the Leonid shower packed a double punch on
November 19 with planet Earth plunging through two dense clouds of meteroids, du
Credit & Copyright: Frank Sapp
Explanation: Beautiful and bright, the 2002 Leonid meteors battled against glaring
moonlight. This winning example, from Tuesday morning skies above Laughlin, Nevada,
USA, finds an undaunted Leonid streaking between the familiar constellation of Orion (left)
and an overexposed full Moon. As anticipated, the Leonid shower packed a double punch on
November 19 with planet Earth plunging through two dense clouds of meteroids, du