APOD 2.8

Today I chose to write about the lunar eclipse on Earth taken by the Mir Satellite. This image is so amazing to look at because it shows how large of an effect the lunar eclipse has on the Earth and it is shocking to see it from this vantage point. The fact that this shadow moved across the Earth at 2000 kilometers an hour is also stunning because when one puts this in perspective to the average speed of a car or airplane it becomes enormously fast, especially considering the mass and volume of the object that causes it.