Hunting Moon: Best Astronomy Image of 2011 Runner Up [FFPD000668]

A crescent moon on April 6 offered Jean-Baptiste Feldmann of France the perfect opportunity to create a playful silhouette-and the resulting photo earned him second place in the "People and Space" category.

During a crescent moon, sunlight hitting part of the moon creates a curved shape, while the darker portion of the disk is still visible thanks to reflected light from Earth, known as earthshine.