by APOD Robot » Sun Sep 10, 2023 4:05 am
An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico
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 the
silhouetted interloper. It appears likely 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. Next month, on October 14, a different narrow swath across
North and South America will be exposed to a
different annular solar eclipse, if the sky is clear. Simultaneously, cloud-free observers almost anywhere on either continent will be able to see a
partial solar eclipse.
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