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Photo Gallery: The Moon
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Photo: Moon over ancient fortress
Photo: Full moon and Earth Photo: Sliver of the moonPhoto: Solar eclipsePhoto: Moon over ancient ruinsPhoto: Roosting bird silhouetted by moonPhoto: Moon over sand dunesPhoto: Moon over a lakePhoto: Moon over ancient fortressPhoto: Cheetah in the moonlightPhoto: Full moon through thin cloudsPhoto: Yellow moon above cloudsPhoto: Moon and aurora borealis
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A perfect full moon sits over the illuminated Masada, an ancient fortress near the Dead Sea in Israel.
Photograph by Richard Nowitz

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