2021年06月13日 A Supercell Thunderstorm Over Texas Video Credit & Copyright: Mike Olbinski; Music: Impact Lento (Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech) Explanation: Is that a cloud or an alien spaceship? It’s an unusual and sometimes dangerous type of thunderstorm cloud called a supercell. Supercells m […]
2021年06月12日 Eclipse on the Water Image Credit & Copyright: Elliot Severn Explanation: Eclipses tend to come in pairs. Twice a year, during an eclipse season that lasts about 34 days, Sun, Moon, and Earth can nearly align. Then the full and new phases of the Moon separated by just over 14 days c
2021年06月11日 Eclipse Flyby Image Credit & Copyright: Zev Hoover, Christian Lockwood, and Zoe Chakoian 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
2021年06月08日 A Face in the Clouds of Jupiter from Juno Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Jason Major Explanation: What do you see in the clouds of Jupiter? On the largest scale, circling the planet, Jupiter has alternating light zones and reddish-brown belts. Rising zone gas, mostly hydrogen a
2021年06月07日 A Bright Nova in Cassiopeia Image Credit & Copyright: Chuck Ayoub Explanation: What’s that new spot of light in Cassiopeia? A nova. Although novas occur frequently throughout the universe, this nova, known as Nova Cas 2021 or V1405 Cas, became so unusually bright in the skies of Ear
2021年06月06日 A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Elias Chasiotis 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
2021年06月05日 The Shining Clouds of Mars Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS Explanation: The weathered and layered face of Mount Mercou looms in the foreground of this mosaic from the Curiosity Mars rover’s Mast Camera. Made up of 21 individual images the scene was recorded just after sunset
2021年06月04日 Blood Monster Moon Image Credit & Copyright: Chirag Upreti Explanation: On May 26, the Full Flower Moon was caught in this single exposure as it emerged from Earth’s shadow and morning twilight began to wash over the western sky. Posing close to the horizon near the end of tota
