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[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How is the moon eclipsing the sun at midnight?

Unless you're at one of the poles

But why would a panther be at one of the poles

[–] dwemthy 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It's a lunar eclipse, the Earth is eclipsing the moon, preventing it from reflecting the light of the sun

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

A lunar eclipse usually results in a red moon, since the moon is lit with red light from all the sunsets on Earth simultaneously

It's not in pure shadow, since the Earth's atmosphere acts as a lens and bends some of the light inward towards the moon

[–] dwemthy 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

But it clearly says lunar eclipse

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 2 points 5 months ago

But it clearly doesn't depict a lunar eclipse

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Oh right, the clean lines threw me off. Lunar eclipse shadows are much more diffuse.