by APOD Robot » Fri Oct 11, 2024 4:05 am
Ring of Fire over Easter Island
Explanation: The second solar eclipse of 2024 began in the Pacific. On October 2nd the Moon's shadow swept from west to east, with an
annular eclipse visible along a narrow antumbral shadow path tracking mostly over ocean, making its only major landfall near the southern tip of South America, and then ending in the southern Atlantic. The dramatic total annular eclipse phase is known to some as a
ring of fire. Also tracking across islands in the southern Pacific, the Moon's antumbral shadow grazed Easter Island allowing
denizens to follow all phases of the annular eclipse. Framed by
palm tree leaves this clear island view is a stack of two images, one taken with and one taken without a solar filter near the moment of the maximum annular phase.
The New Moon's silhouette appears just off center, though still engulfed by the bright disk of the active Sun.
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