An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
Image Credit & Copyright: Colleen Pinski
Explanation: What is this person doing? In 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a narrow path that crossed the northern Pacific Ocean and several western US states. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun peeking out over the Moon's disk in a ring of fire. To capture this unusual solar event, an industrious photographer drove from Arizona to New Mexico to find just the right vista. After setting up and just as the 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 thesilhouetted interloper. It appears likely, though, that the person is holding a circular device that would enable them to get their own view of the eclipse. The shot was taken at sunset on 2012 May 20 at 7:36 pm local time from a park near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Tomorrow another annular solar eclipse will become visible, this time along a thin path starting in Saudi Arabia and going through southern India, Singapore, and Guam. However, almost all of Asia with a clear sky will be able to see, tomorrow, at the least, a partial solar eclipse.
新墨西哥州上空的日環(huán)食
這個(gè)人在干嘛?2012年,貫穿北太平洋和美國(guó)西部幾個(gè)州的狹窄道路上空,就可以看到日環(huán)食。日環(huán)食期間,由于月球距離地球太遠(yuǎn),無(wú)法遮擋住整個(gè)太陽(yáng),使得太陽(yáng)從月球盤(pán)面上空露出,形成一個(gè)火圈。為了捕捉這一盛況,一位攝影師從亞利桑那州開(kāi)車(chē)前往新墨西哥州,尋找美麗的景象。相機(jī)安裝好后,當(dāng)日食在0.5公里外的山脊落下時(shí),一個(gè)不知情的人剛好走入鏡頭。盡管攝影師對(duì)這個(gè)意想不到的人為因素心存感激,但他始終不知道那個(gè)入境者的身份。不過(guò),這個(gè)人看起來(lái)就像拿著一個(gè)圓形設(shè)備,在仔細(xì)觀(guān)測(cè)日食。這幅照片拍攝于美國(guó)新墨西哥州阿爾伯克基附近的一座公園,時(shí)間是2012年5月20日晚7點(diǎn)36分日落時(shí)分。明天又將出現(xiàn)一次日環(huán)食,這次日環(huán)食的路徑很窄,從沙特阿拉伯開(kāi)始,會(huì)經(jīng)過(guò)印度南部、新加坡和關(guān)島。然而,在晴朗的天空下,幾乎所有的亞洲國(guó)家在明天都能看到日偏食。
高清原圖地址:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1912/AnnularEclipse_Pinski_1522.jpg
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