Posted on Sep 21, 2021

APOD: 2021 September 21 - Sun Spot Hill

Maj William W. 'Bill' Price

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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Sun Spot Hill." Sierra del Cíd is located in southeast Spain near the Mediterranean coast. Earlier this month, our intrepid photographer armed himself with an appropriate filter and captured an image of the landscape silhouetted by the rising Sun. Do you see the sunspots just above the tallest tree? And the people near the tree? I thought this was a composite photo, but it is reported as a single exposure. Some nice work.

APOD: 2021 September 21 - Sun Spot Hill

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"The Java Jive" (Ink Spots, 1940)

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Thank you my space-exploration and NASA photography advocate friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Tuesday, September 21, 2021 entitled "Sun Spot Hill."

Image: Sun Spot Hill - Image Credit & Copyright - Jordi Coy

Play on the word spot, I enjoy coffee and tea
"The Java Jive" (Ink Spots, 1940)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP6IUqrFHjw

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"Explanation: Is this giant orange ball about to roll down that tree-lined hill? No, because the giant orange ball is actually the Sun. Our Solar System's central star was captured rising beyond a hill on Earth twelve days ago complete with a delightfully detailed foreground. The Sun's disk showed five sunspots, quite a lot considering that during the solar minimum in solar activity of the past few years, most days showed no spots. A close look at the hill -- Sierra del Cid in Perter, Spain -- reveals not only silhouetted pine trees, but silhouetted people -- by coincidence three brothers of the photographer. The trees and brothers were about 3.5-kilometers away during the morning of the well-planned, single-exposure image. A dark filter muted the usually brilliant Sun and brought up great detail on the lower sunspots. Within a few minutes, the Sun rose far above the hill, while within a week, the sunspots rotated around the Sun, out of view. The captured scene, however, is now frozen in time for all to enjoy."

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East Of The Sun（West Of The Moon）- Billie Holiday

Solitude Mar.26, 1952

East Of The Sun (West Of The Moon）- Billie Holiday
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