Ozone: Twilit Skies, and (Exo)planet Transits: Figure_3

A photo-montage of the Moon during the eclipse coinciding with the 2010 winter solstice on 21 December. This gives an excellent representation of the orange/copper colour of the illumination within the umbra of the Earth. This image is courtesy of Zolt Levay and it appears at HubbleColor

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