The Moon, the Sun, and Venus

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This is one of the most widely-seen images from the Clementine mission to the moon in the 1990s: the Moon eclipsing the Sun, with the planet Venus shining brightly nearby.

NASA / Naval Research Laboratory

Copyright holder: Bill Dunford

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Contact us to request publication permission from the copyright holder. Original image data dated on or about April 1, 1994