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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Ring of Fire over Monument Valley
NASA ^ | May 09, 2013 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 05/09/2013 3:35:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

Explanation: As the New Moon continues this season's celestial shadow play, an annular solar eclipse track begins in western Australia at 22:30 UT on May 9 -- near sunrise on May 10 local time. Because the eclipse occurs within a few days of lunar apogee, the Moon's silhouette does not quite cover the Sun during mid-eclipse, momentarily creating a spectacular ring of fire. While a larger region witnesses a partial eclipse, the annular mid-eclipse phase is visible along a shadow track only about 200 kilometers wide but 13,000 kilometers long, extending across the central Pacific. For given locations along it, the ring of fire lasts from 4 to 6 minutes. Near the horizon, the appearance of the May 9/10 annular eclipse (online viewing) is suggested by this dramatic composite from May of 2012. The timelapse sequence depicts an annular eclipse in progress before sunset over Monument Valley in the southwestern United States.

May 09, 2013

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; australia; lunareclipse; monumentvalley; science; solareclipse
[Credit & Copyright: Tunç Tezel (TWAN)]

1 posted on 05/09/2013 3:35:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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[singing] and it burns, burns, burns...

2 posted on 05/09/2013 3:35:34 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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Solar Eclipse to Turn Sun into ‘Ring of Fire’ on Friday: When and Where to Watch Live in India
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/466057/20130509/solar-eclipse-sun-ring-fire-slooh.htm


3 posted on 05/09/2013 3:38:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: SunkenCiv

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4 posted on 05/09/2013 4:51:21 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

;’)


5 posted on 05/09/2013 7:58:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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