As the sun made its descent beyond Atacama Desert's horizon, it shared the limelight with the moon.
The 21 shots that make up the newly released collage were captured within a 54-minute window. About midway through that period, the outline of the moon emerges and begins to obscure the last light of the day.
The desert landscape, a region called Valle de la Luna , combined with the ashen low-lit sky, makes for an otherworldly setting. The natural dusty effect surrounding the sun is a result of the Dec. 2021, eruption of the Hunga Tonga volcano in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The event shot out ash and other material, some of which remains trapped high in theAccording to the ESO statement, many of the skywatchers who caught the eerie sunset didn't realize what was in store for them.
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