22
22
0
Good Red Friday morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Eclipse Flyby." Those of you up early yesterday (and living in the Northeast US) may have been able to see a special treat. This is how the annular solar eclipse looked from near Boston, Massachusetts (that would be you, Sgt (Join to see)!).
This composite image also captured a local seabird on its morning route. Here are some notes the photographer posted about the unique sunrise view: "Consecutive frames were statistically combined using a minimum function to include the dark silhouetted bird in every frame against the eclipse. Other image manipulation was limited to basic brightness and contrast adjustments. This is processed, but not a contrived image."
This composite image also captured a local seabird on its morning route. Here are some notes the photographer posted about the unique sunrise view: "Consecutive frames were statistically combined using a minimum function to include the dark silhouetted bird in every frame against the eclipse. Other image manipulation was limited to basic brightness and contrast adjustments. This is processed, but not a contrived image."
APOD: 2021 June 11 - Eclipse Flyby
Posted from apod.nasa.gov
NASA
Space
Science
Photography
Astronomy
Edited 3 y ago
Posted 3 y ago
Responses: 9
10
10
0
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
Moonage Daydream is a song written and performed by David Bowie. It is from the album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars in 1972.L...
Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Friday, June 11, 2021 entitled "Eclipse Flyby."
This time-lapse compiled photo of a lone bird flying in front of the image of the moon brings to mind many children's stories including Good Night Moon and the Cow Jumped over the Moon rhyme
Image: Eclipse Flyby - Image Credit & Copyright -Zev Hoover, Christian A. Lockwood, and Zoe Chakoian
APOD Background
"Explanation: On June 10 a New Moon passed in front of the Sun. In silhouette only two days after reaching apogee, the most distant point in its elliptical orbit, the Moon's small apparent size helped create an annular solar eclipse. The brief but spectacular annular phase of the eclipse shows a bright solar disk as a ring of fire when viewed along its narrow, northerly shadow track across planet Earth. Cloudy early morning skies along the US east coast held gorgeous views of a partially eclipsed Sun though. Rising together Moon and Sun are captured in a sequence of consecutive frames near maximum eclipse in this digital composite, seen from Quincy Beach south of Boston, Massachusetts. The serendipitous sequence follows the undulating path of a bird in flight joining the Moon in silhouette with the rising Sun."
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvkfg-6GsBo
COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter LTC (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel ] SSG Franklin Briant [GySgt Thomas Vick CPL Douglas Chrysler Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen 1SG Steven Imerman Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr MSgt James Clark-Rosa MGySgt (Join to see) SSG Bill McCoy LTC Bill Koski SMSgt Mark Venzeio SSG Michael Noll
This time-lapse compiled photo of a lone bird flying in front of the image of the moon brings to mind many children's stories including Good Night Moon and the Cow Jumped over the Moon rhyme
Image: Eclipse Flyby - Image Credit & Copyright -Zev Hoover, Christian A. Lockwood, and Zoe Chakoian
APOD Background
"Explanation: On June 10 a New Moon passed in front of the Sun. In silhouette only two days after reaching apogee, the most distant point in its elliptical orbit, the Moon's small apparent size helped create an annular solar eclipse. The brief but spectacular annular phase of the eclipse shows a bright solar disk as a ring of fire when viewed along its narrow, northerly shadow track across planet Earth. Cloudy early morning skies along the US east coast held gorgeous views of a partially eclipsed Sun though. Rising together Moon and Sun are captured in a sequence of consecutive frames near maximum eclipse in this digital composite, seen from Quincy Beach south of Boston, Massachusetts. The serendipitous sequence follows the undulating path of a bird in flight joining the Moon in silhouette with the rising Sun."
David Bowie - Moonage Daydream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvkfg-6GsBo
COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter LTC (Join to see) MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel ] SSG Franklin Briant [GySgt Thomas Vick CPL Douglas Chrysler Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen 1SG Steven Imerman Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr MSgt James Clark-Rosa MGySgt (Join to see) SSG Bill McCoy LTC Bill Koski SMSgt Mark Venzeio SSG Michael Noll
(10)
(0)
LTC Stephen F.
JJ Cale, Cajun Moon, Roxy Club, 1986
The Roxy Club, Washington, DC, October 22, 1986, late showMusic starts at 0:52.
JJ Cale, Cajun Moon, Roxy Club, 1986
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_JMj_YSo8
FYI SSG Franklin Briant SMSgt Tom Burns MSgt James Clark-Rosa Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr ] Sgt (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SGT James Murphy SGT David A. 'Cowboy' GrothSGT Steve McFarland Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr CSM Chuck Stafford Sgt John H. SPC Woody BullardCpl (Join to see) SPC Michael TerrellSPC Michael Duricko, Ph.DSgt Vance Bonds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh_JMj_YSo8
FYI SSG Franklin Briant SMSgt Tom Burns MSgt James Clark-Rosa Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr ] Sgt (Join to see) SPC Nancy Greene Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SGT James Murphy SGT David A. 'Cowboy' GrothSGT Steve McFarland Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr CSM Chuck Stafford Sgt John H. SPC Woody BullardCpl (Join to see) SPC Michael TerrellSPC Michael Duricko, Ph.DSgt Vance Bonds
(7)
(0)
9
9
0
9
9
0
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google