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Caught between the Moon and NYC

Discover amazing images of the moon in space captured by Herman Hernandez, an inspiring Flickr user with stunning astro shots.

Written byPhil Plait

2007-06-22T17:45:41 | 1 min read

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From Dave P comes a link with this image:

Placeholder image showing Earth from space with an alert icon and the message ‘This image is no longer available.’

It was taken by Flickr user Herman Hernandez, and it's brilliant. Read his description, too. I've done similar things to get a good astro shot!

Any other Arthur fans out there?

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