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  2. theatlantic:

    In Focus: The 2012 Annular Eclipse

    Yesterday, the Moon passed between the Sun and Earth, casting its shadow from China to North America. This was an annular eclipse, where the Moon’s apparent diameter is slightly smaller than the Sun’s, blocking all but a ring of sunlight. Skywatchers brought out special glasses, welder’s masks, and telescopes to safely view this relatively rare event. Some were lucky enough to look down and see overlapping pinhole projections of the eclipse as the sunlight streamed through the leaves of nearby trees. Gathered here, for those who weren’t able to see it in person, is a group of images of yesterday’s annular eclipse.

    See more. [Images: AP, Reuters]

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  3. jtotheizzoe: Shadow Puppets! Ok, one last eclipse photo before returning to our usual programming. This was the view from the geostationary MTSAT satellite as yesterday’s annular eclipse moved across the Pacific. You can see the shadow of the Moon like a burn mark east of Japan as it moved toward North America! And this time-lapse by Cory Poole using a filter to highlight the chromosphere … well, it’s simply brilliant: (↬ Universe Today and Bad Astronomy)

    jtotheizzoe:

    Shadow Puppets!

    Ok, one last eclipse photo before returning to our usual programming.

    This was the view from the geostationary MTSAT satellite as yesterday’s annular eclipse moved across the Pacific. You can see the shadow of the Moon like a burn mark east of Japan as it moved toward North America!

    And this time-lapse by Cory Poole using a filter to highlight the chromosphere … well, it’s simply brilliant:

    (↬ Universe Today and Bad Astronomy)

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  4. virtualsky: El Ultimo Vuelo del Discovery  Discovery Departs Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography) Explanation: Climbing into cloudy skies, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) took off from Kennedy Space Center Tuesday at 7 am local time. This time, its final departure from KSC, it rode atop a modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Following a farewell flyover of the Space Coast, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Washington DC, Discovery headed for Dulles International Airport in Virginia, destined to reside at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Discovery retires as NASA’s most traveled shuttle orbiter, covering more than 148 million miles in 39 missions that included the delivery of the Hubble Space Telescope to orbit. Operational from 1984 through 2011, Discovery spent a total of one year in space.

    virtualsky:

    El Ultimo Vuelo del Discovery  Discovery Departs 
    Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography)

    Explanation: Climbing into cloudy skies, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) took off from Kennedy Space Center Tuesday at 7 am local time. This time, its final departure from KSC, it rode atop a modified Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft. Following a farewell flyover of the Space Coast, Goddard Space Flight Center, and Washington DC, Discovery headed for Dulles International Airport in Virginia, destined to reside at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center. Discovery retires as NASA’s most traveled shuttle orbiter, covering more than 148 million miles in 39 missions that included the delivery of the Hubble Space Telescope to orbit. Operational from 1984 through 2011, Discovery spent a total of one year in space.

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  6. jtotheizzoe: uselaine: Solar eclipse projected through the ‘pinholes’, made by oak leaves, on my shed door. The tiny gaps between each leaf act as individual pinhole cameras, morphing the shadows of the tree with projections of the obscured sun. Next eclipse, you can witness this yourself, or even replicate it by crossing your fingers over on another in a waffle patter. Ok. Maybe this one is my favorite.

    jtotheizzoe:

    uselaine:

    Solar eclipse projected through the ‘pinholes’, made by oak leaves, on my shed door.

    The tiny gaps between each leaf act as individual pinhole cameras, morphing the shadows of the tree with projections of the obscured sun. Next eclipse, you can witness this yourself, or even replicate it by crossing your fingers over on another in a waffle patter.

    Ok. Maybe this one is my favorite.

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  7. jtotheizzoe: kqedscience: We had a little fun this afternoon in Berkeley, CA and created this pinhole camera word art piece during this afternoon’s annular solar eclipse! Well if that’s not the best eclipse picture I’ve seen yet, dunno what is!

    jtotheizzoe:

    kqedscience:

    We had a little fun this afternoon in Berkeley, CA and created this pinhole camera word art piece during this afternoon’s annular solar eclipse!

    Well if that’s not the best eclipse picture I’ve seen yet, dunno what is!

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  8. Picture of the eclipse on May 20, 2012 over China.

    Picture of the eclipse on May 20, 2012 over China.

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  9. theastrophysicsblog: solar eclipse in tokyo taken one hour ago 21/5/2012

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    solar eclipse in tokyo taken one hour ago 21/5/2012

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