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Astronomy Picture of the Day - All Sky Moon Shadow
NASA ^ | 27 Apr, 2024 | Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (TWAN)

Posted on 04/27/2024 12:57:38 PM PDT by MtnClimber

Explanation: If the Sun is up but the sky is dark and the horizon is bright all around, you might be standing in the Moon's shadow during a total eclipse of the Sun. In fact, the all-sky Moon shadow shown in this composited panoramic view was captured from a farm near Shirley, Arkansas, planet Earth. The exposures were made under clear skies during the April 8 total solar eclipse. For that location near the center line of the Moon's shadow track, totality lasted over 4 minutes. Along with the solar corona surrounding the silhouette of the Moon planets and stars were visible during the total eclipse phase. Easiest to see here are bright planets Venus and Jupiter, to the lower right and upper left of the eclipsed Sun.


TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; nasa
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1 posted on 04/27/2024 12:57:38 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 04/27/2024 12:58:51 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; abb; AFB-XYZ; AFPhys; Agatsu77; America_Right; ...
Pinging the APOD list

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3 posted on 04/27/2024 12:59:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

What is almost as unusual is seeing a Turkish flag in Arkansas.


4 posted on 04/27/2024 1:22:12 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

It’s called ‘replacement’. Ask Ted Kennedy,


5 posted on 04/27/2024 1:30:14 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Confirmed. NASA found Turkey in Arkansas.


6 posted on 04/27/2024 2:00:11 PM PDT by conservativeimage (Divorce the Deep State and Reconstruct Civilian Government: https://tasa.americanstatenationals.org)
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To: MtnClimber

Wow.


7 posted on 04/27/2024 2:41:14 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber

There could be billions of planets in the universe, and possibly many of them have life. But it’s a safe bet that no other planet has a Shirley, Arkansas. So “planet Earth” was unnecessary.


8 posted on 04/27/2024 3:01:17 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

What if there are so many planets that there are 11,235 Shirley, Arkansas?


9 posted on 04/27/2024 3:47:01 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

You can’t be serious.


10 posted on 04/28/2024 4:47:17 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Of course I was not serious. In these “explanation” writeups they often say “planet Earth” in the location description. It is like astronomer humor.


11 posted on 04/28/2024 5:00:35 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber
Sorry, I thought you'd get the pun. I wasn't serious.



12 posted on 04/28/2024 11:18:23 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Aha. I got it now. I did not put two and two together. I was taught it is five.


13 posted on 04/28/2024 11:34:22 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber

I think my problem is I expect everyone to read my mind. If you can’t read my mind, IT’s YOUR FAULT!!!


14 posted on 04/28/2024 11:42:11 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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