Robby
03-15-2008, 02:42 AM
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/IstanbulNewMoon_tezel_dh550.jpg (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/IstanbulNewMoon_tezel.jpg)
Moon over Byzantium
Credit & Copyright (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply): Tunç Tezel (http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/ photographers_about.asp?photographer=Tunc%20Tezel) (TWAN (http://www.twanight.org/))
Explanation: Hiding near the Sun, a slender crescent Moon (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.php) is a difficult but rewarding sight (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/projects/ 3308686.html). Look to the right (scroll right) and you can spot one (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/TopkapiNewMoon_tezel_comp.jpg) in this twilight panorama across the Bosporus Strait and along the skyline of the historic city of Istanbul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul). Recorded on March 8, the Moon is a mere 22 hours young (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050513.html). A thin, curved edge of the Moon's illuminated surface is just visible poised in the western sky (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/islamic.php) at sunset above the walls of Topkapi Palace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topkap%C4%B1_Palace). The palace was built in the reign of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the 15th century conquerer of the city that was then Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. The well-lit domed building immediately to the left of the palace is Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia (http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/architecture/ monuments/hagia.sophia.html)), a famous example of Byzantine architecture, now a museum. Still farther to the left is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque)
(Via NASA (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080315.html))
Moon over Byzantium
Credit & Copyright (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply): Tunç Tezel (http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/ photographers_about.asp?photographer=Tunc%20Tezel) (TWAN (http://www.twanight.org/))
Explanation: Hiding near the Sun, a slender crescent Moon (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/moon_phases.php) is a difficult but rewarding sight (http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/projects/ 3308686.html). Look to the right (scroll right) and you can spot one (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0803/TopkapiNewMoon_tezel_comp.jpg) in this twilight panorama across the Bosporus Strait and along the skyline of the historic city of Istanbul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul). Recorded on March 8, the Moon is a mere 22 hours young (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050513.html). A thin, curved edge of the Moon's illuminated surface is just visible poised in the western sky (http://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/docs/islamic.php) at sunset above the walls of Topkapi Palace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topkap%C4%B1_Palace). The palace was built in the reign of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the 15th century conquerer of the city that was then Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. The well-lit domed building immediately to the left of the palace is Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia (http://www.islamicarchitecture.org/architecture/ monuments/hagia.sophia.html)), a famous example of Byzantine architecture, now a museum. Still farther to the left is the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque)
(Via NASA (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080315.html))