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Astronomy Picture of the Day - A Paper Moon Solar Eclipse
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 28 Jun, 2021
| Image Credit & Copyright: Wang Letian (Eyes at Night)
Posted on 06/28/2021 3:24:10 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: It may look like a paper Moon. Sailing past a canvas Sun. But those are not cardboard clouds. And it's not make believe. The featured picture of an orange colored sky is real -- a digital composite of two exposures of the solar eclipse that occurred earlier this month. The first exposure was taken with a regular telescope that captured an overexposed Sun and an underexposed Moon, while the second image was taken with a solar telescope that captured details of the chromosphere of the background Sun. The Sun's canvas-like texture was brought up by imaging in a very specific shade of red emitted by hydrogen. Several prominences can be seen around the Sun's edge. The image was captured just before sunset from Xilingol, Inner Mongolia, China. It's also not make-believe to imagine that the Moon is made of dense rock, the Sun is made of hot gas, and clouds are made of floating droplets of water and ice.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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06/28/2021 3:24:24 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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posted on
06/28/2021 3:24:59 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
That is freakishly beautiful!
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posted on
06/28/2021 3:26:18 PM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Bring a Commie to room temperature for Mommy)
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posted on
06/28/2021 3:33:26 PM PDT
by
LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: MtnClimber
Well, speaking of solar eclipses - we drove up to a friend's ranch near Casper Wyoming for the 2017 Total Eclipse. Their ranch (where we spent the night before in a tent) was right on the path of totality. Here I am shooting the eclipse:
And here is my best image from that shoot:
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posted on
06/28/2021 3:46:51 PM PDT
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JaguarXKE
(Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
To: LastDayz
That movie was on the 70s channel Pluto runs recently.
Every now and then I watch it and see some movie I’d never heard of. I am pretty good on obscure and forgotten flicks.
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06/28/2021 3:49:11 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: JaguarXKE
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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posted on
06/28/2021 3:49:16 PM PDT
by
vis a vis
To: MtnClimber
Orange world bad.
It’s Trump’s world now!
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posted on
06/28/2021 3:52:53 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: vis a vis
Yep..... pretty good flick.
Now drink your NeHi and eat your Coney Island.
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06/28/2021 3:56:50 PM PDT
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LastDayz
(A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
To: JaguarXKE
Wow, that is a great shot. If you had a camper on the back of your XKE you wouldn’t need to sleep in a tent.
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06/28/2021 4:00:30 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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Awesome pic!
Here are some others...
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06/28/2021 4:41:26 PM PDT
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06/28/2021 4:47:38 PM PDT
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ETL
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06/28/2021 4:49:34 PM PDT
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ETL
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To: JaguarXKE
What camera and lens did you use?
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06/28/2021 5:03:27 PM PDT
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Sawdring
To: Sawdring
Those are my questions, too, but I’m especially interested in the lens. 1500 mm?
Please reply for us. Don’t keep us in suspense!!!
CA....
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posted on
06/28/2021 5:28:38 PM PDT
by
Chances Are
(know if my account was affected by this?Seems I've found that silly grin again....)
To: ETL
I want to shoot arrows at that!
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posted on
06/28/2021 5:29:35 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Now that is for sure eerie!
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06/28/2021 5:30:18 PM PDT
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tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: JaguarXKE
Awesome. We camped out at the Blazing 7s Ranch in Riverton.
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06/28/2021 5:36:26 PM PDT
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rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
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06/28/2021 5:36:33 PM PDT
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ETL
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