A rare moment catches a photographer's eye in this stunning night sky photo.
Veteran night sky photographer Greg Diesel Walck took this image of the moon over the Bodie Island Lighthouse in the Outer Banks of North Carolina during the Easter full moon in April.
"The moon only aligns in that general area two times a year," Walck wrote in an email to Space.com. "I wanted to capture it with the lunar eclipse but the weather did not allow that to happen. Here it is Easter morning during sunrise and you can see the purple in the west of the 'belt of Venus' in the sky." [Astronomy Guide: Tools and Gear for Stargazing]
The Belt of Venus is the pinkish streak caused by the atmosphere reflecting light from the setting or rising sun — giving the reddish hue seen in the image.
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