纪念碑谷上空的火之环

2023年10月5日

Ring of Fire over Monument Valley
Image Credit & Copyright: Tunc Tezel (TWAN)

Explanation: Tracking along a narrow path, the shadow of a new moon will race across North, Central, and South America, on October 14. When viewed from the shadow path the apparent size of the lunar disk will not quite completely cover the Sun though. Instead, the moon in silhouette will appear during the minutes of totality surrounded by a fiery ring, an annular solar eclipse more dramatically known as a ring of fire eclipse. This striking time lapse sequence from May of 2012 illustrates the stages of a ring of fire eclipse. From before eclipse start until sunset, they are seen over the iconic buttes of planet Earth’s Monument Valley. Remarkably, the October 14 ring of fire eclipse will also be visible over Monument Valley, beginning after sunrise in the eastern sky.

Tomorrow’s picture: 100th anniversary

纪念碑谷上空的火之环
影像提供与版权: Tunc Tezel (TWAN)

说明: 在10月14日，新月的影子将沿着一道狭窄的路径，掠过北美洲、中美洲和南美洲。从这道月影扫过的区域看出去，月盘的视大小并不能完全遮住太阳。因此在食甚的数分钟里，月球的剪影周边会镶着一圈火红的亮环，形成日环食的景观，或更戏剧性的称为火环食。这张摄于2012年5月的缩时影像系列，就精采的呈现了一例火环食的各个阶段。这幅影像记录了日食开始前到日落，太阳与月亮在地球纪念碑谷标志性的孤丘上方之身影。值得一提的是，纪念碑谷也能见到10月14日的火环食，而此例日食将从日出后的东方天空开始。

明日的图片: 100th anniversary