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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Twilight in a Flower
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod ^ | 6 May 2023 | Image Credit & Copyright: Dario Giannobile

Posted on 05/06/2023 12:31:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: Transformed into the petals of a flower, 16 exposures show the passage of day into night in this creative timelapse skyscape. Start at the top and move counterclockwise to follow consecutive moments as the twilight sky turns an ever darker blue and night blossoms. Each exposure was recorded on the evening of April 22, calculated to maintain a consistent balance of light and color. Close to the western horizon on that date, a crescent Moon and Venus are the two brightest celestial beacons. Petal to petal the pair spiral closer to the flower's center. In silhouette around the center of the twilight flower are Sicily's megalithic rocks of Argimusco.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.

1 posted on 05/06/2023 12:31:09 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 05/06/2023 12:31:24 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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Pinging the APOD list.

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3 posted on 05/06/2023 12:31:59 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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4 posted on 05/06/2023 12:37:17 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Need the Partridge Family bus too. Just to be all-inclusive, ya know . . . :-)


5 posted on 05/06/2023 1:02:35 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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Susan has aged well, I believe she is 67 now.


6 posted on 05/06/2023 1:45:20 PM PDT by DannyTN
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What a neat layout! And going to the photographer’s website, seeing that he’s done variations of it before.
I had a “Gee I wish I had thought of that” moment!🙂


7 posted on 05/06/2023 2:34:48 PM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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Ya done good, sir!


8 posted on 05/06/2023 3:55:59 PM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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