For this week's APOD, I chose the picture called Sunset, Moonset, uploaded on January 7. It is a snowy picture taken from central and northern Asia on January 4.
On this day, the New Moon and the sun set together in a partial solar eclipse. A partial eclipse is when the Moon's penumbra strikes Earth. Only part of the sun is in an eclipse, so the un-eclipsed part of the sun is still dangerous to look at. More partial solar eclipses happen than total solar eclipses. The picture was taken on the bank of Berd River, which is near Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia. In the photo, the eclipse is in its maximum phase, right around sunset. It looks like the cold scene is set in the western horizon. Aside from the sun and the New Moon setting, there seems to be smoke and an airplane trail in the sky. This eclipse in Asia was one of the first eclipses of the new year. The eclipse was technically visible from Europe to North Africa, and Middle East and Central Asia.
No comments:
Post a Comment