Posted on Jun 6, 2021
APOD: 2021 June 6 - A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse." An annular solar eclipse last occurred on December 26, 2019. Another name for annular is a 'ring of fire' eclipse, where the Moon appears engulfed by a ring of fire (it is too far from the Earth to fully block out the Sun). The next annular eclipse is this week on June 10th. If you know someone stationed at Thule Air Base, they'll have a ring side seat. If you live on the East Coast, the eclipse starts before sunrise. You'll see (with appropriate safety gear, of course) the Sun with a bite taken out of it after sunup.
APOD: 2021 June 6 - A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Sunday, June 6, 2021 entitled "A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse."
Image: A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse - Image Credit & Copyright - Elias Chasiotis
This spectacular image from December 2019 from Al Wakrah, Qatar of a full annular solar eclipse -- where the Moon appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a ring of fire.
APOD Background
"Explanation: Yes, but have you ever seen a sunrise like this? Here, after initial cloudiness, the Sun appeared to rise in two pieces and during partial eclipse, causing the photographer to describe it as the most stunning sunrise of his life. The dark circle near the top of the atmospherically-reddened Sun is the Moon -- but so is the dark peak just below it. This is because along the way, the Earth's atmosphere had an inversion layer of unusually warm air which acted like a gigantic lens and created a second image. For a normal sunrise or sunset, this rare phenomenon of atmospheric optics is known as the Etruscan vase effect. The featured picture was captured in December 2019 from Al Wakrah, Qatar. Some observers in a narrow band of Earth to the east were able to see a full annular solar eclipse -- where the Moon appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a ring of fire. The next solar eclipse, also an annular eclipse for well-placed observers, will occur later this week on June 10."
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FyTfLAlASU
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Image: A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse - Image Credit & Copyright - Elias Chasiotis
This spectacular image from December 2019 from Al Wakrah, Qatar of a full annular solar eclipse -- where the Moon appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a ring of fire.
APOD Background
"Explanation: Yes, but have you ever seen a sunrise like this? Here, after initial cloudiness, the Sun appeared to rise in two pieces and during partial eclipse, causing the photographer to describe it as the most stunning sunrise of his life. The dark circle near the top of the atmospherically-reddened Sun is the Moon -- but so is the dark peak just below it. This is because along the way, the Earth's atmosphere had an inversion layer of unusually warm air which acted like a gigantic lens and created a second image. For a normal sunrise or sunset, this rare phenomenon of atmospheric optics is known as the Etruscan vase effect. The featured picture was captured in December 2019 from Al Wakrah, Qatar. Some observers in a narrow band of Earth to the east were able to see a full annular solar eclipse -- where the Moon appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a ring of fire. The next solar eclipse, also an annular eclipse for well-placed observers, will occur later this week on June 10."
Wall of Voodoo - Ring of Fire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FyTfLAlASU
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D., Sgt Albert Castro PO2 (Join to see) SSG Michael NollSSG Franklin Briant CPL Douglas Chrysler MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SMSgt Tom Burns LTC (Join to see) MSgt James Clark-Rosa SGT (Join to see) PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr SSG Paul Headlee SGT Denny Espinosa Sgt (Join to see) Sgt (Join to see)
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Blondie - Ring Of Fire [Live] (Roadie) (1980)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z16RL14SiiU
FYI SPC Woody BullardCpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSPC Michael Duricko, Ph.DSgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SGT Steve McFarland Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr Lt Col Charlie Brown CSM Chuck Stafford Sgt John H. SSG Samuel Kermon SGT James Murphy SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth PO3 Bob McCord SGT Randal Groover CWO3 Dennis M. SSG Samuel Kermon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z16RL14SiiU
FYI SPC Woody BullardCpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSPC Michael Duricko, Ph.DSgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SGT Steve McFarland Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr Lt Col Charlie Brown CSM Chuck Stafford Sgt John H. SSG Samuel Kermon SGT James Murphy SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth PO3 Bob McCord SGT Randal Groover CWO3 Dennis M. SSG Samuel Kermon
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Astonishing! Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
Also here’s a link on the “ring of fire” right from your article
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090125.html
Also here’s a link on the “ring of fire” right from your article
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090125.html
APOD: 2009 January 25 - Annular Eclipse: The Ring of Fire
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