Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2020 February 10
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                         Solar Eclipse over the UAE
                 Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Joshua Cripps

   Explanation: What's happening behind that camel? A partial eclipse of
   the Sun. About six and a half weeks ago, [4]the Moon passed completely
   in front of [5]the Sun as seen from a narrow band on [6]the Earth.
   Despite (surely) many [7]camels being located in [8]this narrow band,
   only one found itself stationed between this camera, the [9]distant
   Moon, and the even more [10]distant Sun. To create [11]this impressive
   superposition, though, took a well-planned trip to the [12]United Arab
   Emirates, careful alignments, and accurate timings on the day of the
   eclipse. Although the resulting featured image shows a [13]partially
   eclipsed Sun rising, the Moon went on to appear [14]completely engulfed
   by the Sun in an [15]annular eclipse known as a [16]ring of fire.
   Forward scattering of sunlight, dominated by quantum mechanical
   [17]diffraction, gives the camel hair and rope fray an unusual glow.
   The next solar eclipse is also an [18]annular eclipse and will occur
   [19]this coming June.

                       Tomorrow's picture: sky divide
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   2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2002/EclipseCamel_Cripps_2560.jpg
   3. https://www.joshuacripps.com/start-here/#about
   4. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/earths-moon/overview/
   5. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/in-depth/
   6. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel
   8. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2019-december-26
   9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191012.html
  10. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap150512.html
  11. https://www.nikonusa.com/en/learn-and-explore/a/tips-and-techniques/photographing-an-annular-solar-eclipse-in-the-desert.html
  12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
  13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap180211.html
  14. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a6/be/1d/a6be1d2075df115431480c4dd11bcae7.jpg
  15. https://www.beingintheshadow.com/2013/05/07/annular-versus-total-solar-eclipse/
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