Occultation of the Sun by the lunar Mare Orientale - Oct. 14th, 2023 (Andrew James Steinmetz)

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Occultation of the Sun by the lunar Mare Orientale - Oct. 14th, 2023

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Occultation of the Sun by the lunar Mare Orientale - Oct. 14th, 2023

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This is probably the best shot I got from the Oct. 14th annular eclipse. As the Moon crosses the edge of the solar disk, the "roughness" of the lunar mountains cuts the solar disk into pieces occluding it unevenly. The atmospheric shimmering adds to the unreal feel to the video as well.

I went ahead and found more information about how exactly the solar disk becomes broken up by the geography of the Moon. Specifically, the Moon's surface is depressed at the location of the Mare Orientale which is a fascinating lunar mare that looks like a bullseye. This depression in the Moon's surface breaks up eclipse overlap as the Sun is almost a perfect sphere. I base my argument on the elevation map of the Moon found here: Moon Clementine Topographic Maps | USGS Astrogeology Science Center

And re-edited version of this video can be found here: Occultation of the Sun by the lunar Mare Orientale - Oct. 14th 2023 : ScienceImages (reddit.com)

Shout out to Tom Glenn for the best photo of the Mare Orientale I came across: Rare views of Mare Orientale under extreme libration - Lunar Observing and Imaging - Cloudy Nights

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