|
Credit & Copyright: Thanakrit Santikunaporn
Explanation:
Going, going, gone.
That was the feeling in
Svalbard,
Norway
last month during a
total
eclipse of the Sun by the Moon.
In the
featured image, the eclipse was captured every three minutes and then digitally
merged with a foreground frame taken from the
same location.
Visible in the foreground are numerous gawking
eclipse seekers,
some deploying pretty sophisticated cameras.
As the Moon and Sun moved together across the sky --
nearly horizontally from this far north --
an increasing fraction of the Sun appears
covered by the Moon.
In the
central frame, the Moon's
complete blockage
of the disk of the Sun makes the immediate
surroundings appear like night during the day.
The exception is the Moon itself, which now appears surrounded by the
expansive corona
of the Sun.
Of course, about 2.5 minutes later, the surface of the Sun began to
reappear.
The next
total eclipse
of the Sun will occur in 2016 March and
be visible
from Southeast Asia.
Follow APOD on:
Facebook,
Google Plus,
or
Twitter
|
January February March April May June July August September October November December |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: total solar eclipse
Publications with words: total solar eclipse
See also: