Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Moon Shadow Sequence

NASA ^ | November 16, 2012 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

Explanation: On the morning of November 14, the Moon's umbral shadow tracked across northern Australia before heading into the southern Pacific. Captured from a hilltop some 30 miles west of the outback town of Mount Carbine, Queensland, a series of exposures follows the progress of the total solar eclipse in this dramatic composite image. The sequence begins near the horizon. The Moon steadily encroaches on the on the reddened face of the Sun, rising as the eclipse progresses. At the total phase, lasting about 2 minutes for that location, an otherwise faint solar corona shimmers around the eclipsed disk. Recorded during totality, the background exposure shows a still sunlit sky near the horizon, just beyond a sky darkened by the shadow of the Moon.

[SunkenCiv]

[Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography)]

[SunkenCiv]

Okay, so, wow! Nice. Y'know, I've not been on much this week, and I haven't checked, but I believe I referred to a lunar eclipse instead of a solar eclipse in that "Baily's Beads" topic. Mea culpa, mea gulpa.

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[SunkenCiv]

Okay, so, wow! Nice. Y'know, I've not been on much this week, and I haven't checked, but I believe I referred to a lunar eclipse instead of a solar eclipse in that "Baily's Beads" topic. Mea culpa, mea gulpa.

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[SunkenCiv]

Okay, so, wow! Nice. Y'know, I've not been on much this week, and I haven't checked, but I believe I referred to a lunar eclipse instead of a solar eclipse in that "Baily's Beads" topic. Mea culpa, mea gulpa.

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[CharlotteVRWC]

I am sure this is why Hilary and Panetta have been in Austrailia. Viewing the total eclipse and not working....Taxpayer dime.

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Very Cool! :-)

[TheOldLady]

Great image! It’s really neato to go to the APOD site and click on the image and enlarge it to see the details. Love it! Thank you, Civ.