Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2019 December 25 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Colleen Pinski Explanation: What is this person doing? In 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a [4]narrow path that crossed the northern Pacific Ocean and several western US states. In an annular solar [5]eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to [6]block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun [7]peeking out over the Moon's disk in a [8]ring of fire. To capture this [9]unusual solar event, an industrious photographer drove from [10]Arizona to [11]New Mexico to find just the right vista. After setting up and just as the [12]eclipsed Sun was setting over a ridge about 0.5 kilometers away, a person unknowingly walked right into the shot. Although grateful for the unexpected human element, the photographer never learned the identity of the [13]silhouetted interloper. It appears likely, though, that the person is holding a circular [14]device that would enable them to get their own view of the eclipse. [15]The shot was taken at sunset on 2012 May 20 at 7:36 pm local time from [16]a park near [17]Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Tomorrow [18]another annular solar eclipse will [19]become visible, this time along a thin path starting in [20]Saudi Arabia and going through southern [21]India, [22]Singapore, and [23]Guam. However, almost [24]all of Asia with a clear sky will be able to see, tomorrow, at the least, a [25]partial solar eclipse. Free Download: [26]2020 APOD Calendar Tomorrow's picture: hexagon sky __________________________________________________________________ [27]< | [28]Archive | [29]Submissions | [30]Index | [31]Search | [32]Calendar | [33]RSS | [34]Education | [35]About APOD | [36]Discuss | [37]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [38]Robert Nemiroff ([39]MTU) & [40]Jerry Bonnell ([41]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [42]Specific rights apply. [43]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [44]ASD at [45]NASA / [46]GSFC & [47]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix2015.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1912/AnnularEclipse_Pinski_1522.jpg 3. https://www.cp-pics.com/about.html 4. http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2012May20Agoogle.html 5. https://www.nasa.gov/content/eclipses-and-transits-overview 6. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170301.html 7. https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.544825449.9267/mp,840x830,matte,f8f8f8,t-pad,750x1000,f8f8f8.u2.jpg 8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130509.html 9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtkoAlwIpWY 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120522.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160501.html 14. http://www.mreclipse.com/Totality2/TotalityCh11.html 15. http://www.cp-pics.com/p533893218/h4d180eaa#h4d180eaa 16. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2167595/Stunning-image-shows-boy-watching-solar-eclipse--taken-1-5-miles-away.html 17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPkaLjssP54 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_December_26,_2019 19. https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEgoogle/SEgoogle2001/SE2019Dec26Agoogle.html 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_Arabia 21. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India 22. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore 23. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam 24. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090128.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1912/ApodCalendar2020v5.pdf 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191224.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix2015.html 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 31. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 33. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 36. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=191225 37. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191226.html 38. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 39. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 40. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 41. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 42. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 43. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 44. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 45. https://www.nasa.gov/ 46. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 47. http://www.mtu.edu/