Planets, Great Wall, and Solar Eclipseplanets


	Planets, Great Wall, and Solar Eclipseplanets

Jorjor

7-18-2009 12:54 PM

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astronomy, pic of the day, eclipse, planets

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Credit & Copyright: Terry Cuttle Brisbane, Australia

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10-23-2009 4:36 PM

debbyski

I couldn't help but notice your new profile pic, Jorjor. It's nice

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<B> Explanation: </B>
This dramatic skyscape was recorded during the
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080821.html">August 2008</A> total solar eclipse.
The Moon's silhouette surrounded by a glistening solar corona hangs
above the Jiayuguan Fort along
the western edge of
<A href="http://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/workinginspace/
great_wall.html">the Great Wall</A> of China.
Lined-up along the
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap040501.html">ecliptic</A> plane, all the planets of
the inner solar
system, Mercury, Venus, Mars, (and Earth!) can also be seen
along with <A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070309.html">Saturn and</A> bright star Regulus,
as the
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070610.html">Moon's shadow tracks</A> across the landscape.
Beyond the Moon's shadow, outside the total eclipse track,
sunlight still brightens the sky over mountains on the horizon
30 - 50 kilometers away. 
<A href="http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/
50020537.html">Much anticipated</A>, the
<A href="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009.html">2009
July 22nd total solar eclipse</A> will again
be visible from China.
Planets and bright stars will briefly appear in
<A href="http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080920.html">darkened daytime skies</A>,
though a total eclipse won't be seen from the Great Wall.
Still, major cities and populated areas lie along the
<A href="http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2009/TSE2009fig/
TSE2009globe1a.JPG">2009 total eclipse track</A>
that begins in India and
sweeps eastward across Asia and into the Pacific Ocean.
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