Its either a "Photo-Chopped" or an artists conception.The "ex" sent this to me. A forwarded mass mailing. The accompaning text said that it was taken at sunset, at the North Pole, at the closest approach of the moon.
The last time the moon was this close to the earth was about 3.8 billion years ago, right after it was formed. The latest theory is that a Mars sized object struck the Earth with a glancing blow and the resultant debris eventually formed the moon. At the time of its formation the moon was only about 85,000 miles from the Earth (now about 247,000 miles away). This close proximity caused 1,000' tides in the newly formed oceans and is believed to have been a factor in the creation of the primordial "soup" that finally led to "life".
The Moon gets about 1 inch further away from the Earth every year.
Anyway, the pic is pretty but definitely not "real"
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