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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Огненное кольцо над Долиной Монументов http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1909635/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel
(TWAN)
Explanation:
Tracking
along a narrow path, the shadow of a
new moon
will race across North, Central, and South America,
on October 14.
When viewed from the shadow path the apparent size of the
lunar disk will not quite completely cover the Sun though.
Instead, the moon in silhouette will appear during
the minutes of totality surrounded by a fiery ring,
an annular solar eclipse more dramatically known as a
ring of fire eclipse.
This striking time lapse sequence from May of 2012
illustrates the stages of a ring of fire eclipse.
From before eclipse start until sunset, they are seen over the iconic
buttes of planet Earth's
Monument Valley.
Remarkably, the October 14 ring of fire eclipse will also
be visible over Monument Valley, beginning after
sunrise in
the eastern sky.
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.