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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 6 Jun, 2021
| Image Credit & Copyright: Elias Chasiotis
Posted on 06/06/2021 3:14:14 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Yes, but have you ever seen a sunrise like this? Here, after initial cloudiness, the Sun appeared to rise in two pieces and during partial eclipse, causing the photographer to describe it as the most stunning sunrise of his life. The dark circle near the top of the atmospherically-reddened Sun is the Moon -- but so is the dark peak just below it. This is because along the way, the Earth's atmosphere had an inversion layer of unusually warm air which acted like a gigantic lens and created a second image. For a normal sunrise or sunset, this rare phenomenon of atmospheric optics is known as the Etruscan vase effect. The featured picture was captured in December 2019 from Al Wakrah, Qatar. Some observers in a narrow band of Earth to the east were able to see a full annular solar eclipse -- where the Moon appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a ring of fire. The next solar eclipse, also an annular eclipse for well-placed observers, will occur later this week on June 10.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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06/06/2021 3:14:31 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:15:14 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:15:25 PM PDT
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SamAdams76
(Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:19:25 PM PDT
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lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: SamAdams76
I guess that’s a pretty clear comparison. :)
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:19:53 PM PDT
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lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:21:08 PM PDT
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Artemis Webb
(Be kind to each other, unless the other guy is a dumbass.)
To: lepton
Yes, some sailors were saying “Thank you God”
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:22:37 PM PDT
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SamAdams76
(Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
To: SamAdams76
Or “Look, it’s Allah!”
A crescent moon. Red horns on Beelzebub.
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:34:57 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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posted on
06/06/2021 3:47:55 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
To: lepton; SamAdams76
Great minds run in the same gutter!
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posted on
06/06/2021 4:15:13 PM PDT
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21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: MtnClimber
Great minds Drool alike....
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posted on
06/06/2021 4:17:08 PM PDT
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Pez149
(Time to stop saying a theory is fact....)
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06/06/2021 4:20:53 PM PDT
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AFB-XYZ
(Stand up, or bend over)
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To: MtnClimber
So Devil’s horns over Qatar?
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posted on
06/06/2021 5:10:11 PM PDT
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Bullish
(CNN is what happens when 8th graders run a cable network.)
To: MtnClimber
It’s Another Tequila Sunrise....................
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posted on
06/07/2021 5:31:49 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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