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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Rocket Transits Rippling Sun
APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 31 May, 2022 | Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Cain

Posted on 05/31/2022 2:22:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: The launch of a rocket at sunrise can result in unusual but intriguing images that feature both the rocket and the Sun. Such was the case last month when a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center carrying 53 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit. In the featured launch picture, the rocket's exhaust plume glows beyond its projection onto the distant Sun, the rocket itself appears oddly jagged, and the Sun's lower edge shows peculiar drip-like ripples. The physical cause of all of these effects is pockets of relatively hot or rarefied air deflecting sunlight less strongly than pockets relatively cool or compressed air: refraction. Unaware of the Earthly show, active sunspot region 3014 -- on the upper left -- slowly crosses the Sun.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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1 posted on 05/31/2022 2:22:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 05/31/2022 2:23:06 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; America_Right; AZ .44 MAG; ...
Pinging the APOD list.

πŸͺ 🌟 🌌 πŸ”


3 posted on 05/31/2022 2:23:59 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Uhh...seems that someone by mistake included a snapshot of an IVF procedure.


4 posted on 05/31/2022 2:28:08 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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Nice photo...


5 posted on 05/31/2022 2:29:28 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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6 posted on 05/31/2022 2:30:43 PM PDT by DannyTN (O)
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Looks like the burning needle they left stuck in Biden’s brain hoping the brain waves of the moose he connected to, will work. But I don’t think it is going to work very long.


7 posted on 05/31/2022 2:31:10 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Free Will. GOD gives you the choice I accept or reject Him! Choose Him. It depends on you.)
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To: one guy in new jersey

My first thought as well...


8 posted on 05/31/2022 2:31:24 PM PDT by Slicksadick (We accept the love we think we deserve.)
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Lol swimming upstream πŸ€ͺ


9 posted on 05/31/2022 2:40:02 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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10 posted on 05/31/2022 3:23:37 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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I bet Elon got a smile seeing that.


11 posted on 05/31/2022 3:35:20 PM PDT by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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I know the kid who shot this. He lives close to the space and shoots most launches. NASA has been so impressed with his photography and enthusiasm, they’ve given him special access to some launches.

https://www.coldlifephotography.com/


12 posted on 05/31/2022 6:22:50 PM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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Looks like the egg is being fertilized.


13 posted on 06/01/2022 4:31:10 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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