Tutulemma: Solar Eclipse Analemma
Credit & Copyright: Tunc
Tezel
and
Cenk E. Tezel
Explanation:
If you went outside at exactly the same time every day and took a
picture that included the Sun, how would the Sun appear to move?
With
great planning
and effort, such a series of images can be taken.
The figure-8 path the Sun follows over
the
course of a year
is called an
analemma.
With even greater planning and effort,
the series can include a
total eclipse of the Sun as one of the images.
Pictured is such a total solar eclipse
analemma
or Tutulemma -
a term coined by the photographers based on the Turkish word for eclipse.
The composite image sequence was recorded from
Turkey starting
in 2005.
The base image for the sequence is from the
total phase of a solar eclipse as viewed
from
Side,
Turkey on 2006 March 29.
Venus was also visible during totality, toward the lower right.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
Specific
rights apply.
A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
