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 27 [2]See Explanation. Clicking on the picture will download the highest resolution version available. A Partial Solar Eclipse Sequence Reflected Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Majid Ghohroodi Explanation: What's happened to the Sun? Yesterday, if you were in the right place at the right time, you could see the [4]Sun rise partially eclipsed by the [5]Moon. The unusual sight was captured in dramatic fashion in the featured image not only directly, in a sequence of six images, but also in reflection from [6]Soltan Salt Lake in [7]Iran. The [8]almost-white Sun appears dimmer and [9]redder near the horizon primarily because [10]Earth's atmosphere preferentially scatters away more blue light. [11]Yesterday's partial solar eclipse appeared in the sky over much of [12]Asia and [13]Australia, but those with a clear enough sky in a thin band across the Earth's surface were treated to a more complete [14]annular solar eclipse -- where the [15]Moon appears completely surrounded by the Sun in what is known as a [16]ring of fire. The [17]next annular solar eclipse will occur in 2020 June. Notable Images Submitted to APOD: [18]The Partial Solar Eclipse of 2019 December Tomorrow's picture: triangle galaxy __________________________________________________________________ [19]< | [20]Archive | [21]Submissions | [22]Index | [23]Search | [24]Calendar | [25]RSS | [26]Education | [27]About APOD | [28]Discuss | [29]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [30]Robert Nemiroff ([31]MTU) & [32]Jerry Bonnell ([33]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [34]Specific rights apply. [35]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [36]ASD at [37]NASA / [38]GSFC & [39]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix2015.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1912/PartialSolar_Ghohroodi_1312.jpg 3. http://ghohroodi.com/about-me 4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/ 5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/ 6. https://persiadigest.com/en/news/6327/the-largest-natural-mirror-in-iran-photos 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran 8. http://solar-center.stanford.edu/SID/activities/GreenSun.html 9. http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/46-our-solar-system/the-moon/observing-the-moon/142-why-are-the-moon-and-sun-sometimes-orange-or-red-beginner 10. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/atmosphere/en/ 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_December_26,_2019 12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia 13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170302.html 15. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170301.html 16. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090125.html 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_June_21,_2020 18. https://www.facebook.com/pg/APOD.Sky/photos/?tab=album&album_id=2313450158759190 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191226.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix2015.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 23. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 28. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=191227 29. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191228.html 30. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 32. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 33. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 34. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 35. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 36. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 37. https://www.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 39. http://www.mtu.edu/