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Rocket Transits Rippling Moon

Image Credit & Copyright: Steven Madow

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A rocket is pictured ascending during launch. A nearly full moon is behind it. The rocket exhaust, itself visible, causes the bottom of the Moon to appear unusually rippled.
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