世界尽头的日全食
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南极洲上空的银河和极光
2023年7月2日 Milky Way and Aurora over Antarctica Image Credit & Copyright: LI Hang Explanation: It was one of the better skies of this long night. In parts of Antarctica, not only is it winter, but the Sun can spend weeks below the horizon. At China‘s Zhongshan Station, people sometimes venture out into the cold to photograph a spectacular night sky. The featured image from one such outing was taken in mid-July of 2015, just before the end of this polar night. Pointing up, the wide angle lens captured not only the ground at the bottom, but at the top as well. In the foreground, a colleague is taking pictures. In the distance, a spherical satellite receiver and several windmills are visible. Numerous stars dot the…
小小行星的南极
2022年8月26日 Little Planet South Pole Image Credit & Copyright: Aman Chokshi Explanation: Lights play around the horizon of this snowy little planet as it drifts through a starry night sky. Of course the little planet is actually planet Earth. Recorded on August 21, the digitally warped, nadir centered panorama covers nearly 360×180 degrees outside the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica. The southernmost research outpost is near the horizon at the top where the light of dawn is approaching after nearly six months of darkness. Along the bottom is the ceremonial pole marker surrounded by the 12 flags of the original signatories of the Antarctic treaty, with a wild display of the aurora australis above. Tomorrow’s picture: light-weekend 小小行星的南极 影像提供与版权: Aman Chokshi 说明: 当这颗白雪皑皑的小小行星漂流在繁星点点的夜空时，亮光在它的地平线附近闪烁。当然，这颗小小行星其实是地球。在8月21日记录的此幅经过数位扭曲、以天底为中心之全景图，涵覆盖了南极洲阿蒙森-史考特南极站外头将近360×180度的视野。在其中，地球最南端的研究前哨站位于顶部的地平线附近，而经过将近6个月的永夜之后，黎明的曙光即将降临。影像底部的仪式性的南极标杆，周围环拱着南极条约12个原始签署国的旗帜，其上方则有狂野跃动的南极光。 明日的图片: light-weekend
日食的狂喜
2022年1月7日 Ecstatic Solar Eclipse Image Credit & Copyright: Annie Schmidt (Point Blue Conservation Science) Explanation: A male Adelie penguin performed this Ecstatic Vocalization in silhouette during the December 4 solar eclipse, the final eclipse of 2021. Of course his Ecstatic Vocalization is a special display that male penguins use to claim their territory and advertise their condition. This penguin’s territory, at Cape Crozier Antarctica, is located in one of the largest Adelie penguin colonies. The colony has been studied by researchers for over 25 years. From there, last December’s eclipse was about 80 percent total when seen at its maximum phase as the Moon’s shadow crossed planet Earth’s southernmost continent. Status Updates: Deploying the James Webb Space Telescope Tomorrow’s picture: forgotten constellation 日食的狂喜 影像提供与版权: Annie…
南极风景画
2021年12月11日 Postcard from the South Pole Image Credit & Copyright: Aman Chokshi Explanation: From this vantage point about three quarters of a mile from planet Earth’s geographic South Pole, the December 4 eclipse of the Sun was seen as a partial eclipse. At maximum eclipse the New Moon blocked 90 percent of the solar disk. Of course, crews at the South Pole Telescope (left) and BICEP telescope (right) climbed to the roof of Amundsen-Scott station’s Dark Sector Laboratory to watch. Centered near the local eclipse maximum, the composite timelapse view features an image of the Sun in cold antarctic skies taken every four minutes. Left to right along the roof line it also features the raised arms of Brandon Amat, Aman Chokshi, Cheng Zhang, James…
南极极昼日的日食
2021年12月10日 Eclipse on a Polar Day Image Credit & Copyright: Stephanie Ziyi Ye Explanation: During polar day, in Arctic and Antarctic summer, the Sun stays above the horizon for periods of 24 hours or more. Recorded on December 4, this fisheye timelapse image tracks the Sun in multiple frames as it completes a circle in the summer sky above Union Glacier, Antarctica. Of course on that date, Union Glacier’s sky did grow dark even though the Sun was above the horizon. Captured during the brief period of totality, an eclipsed Sun is at bottom center of the composite view. Near the edge of the total eclipse path across planet Earth, the Moon’s shadow darkens the sky above. Tomorrow’s picture: light-weekend 南极极昼日的日食 影像提供与版权: Stephanie Ziyi Ye…
日全食
2021年12月09日 A Total Eclipse of the Sun Image Credit & Copyright: Theo Boris, Christian A. Lockwood, David Zimmerman (JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition) Compositing: Zev Hoover and Ronald Dantowitz (MARS Scientific) Explanation: Few were able to stand in the Moon’s shadow and watch the December 4 total eclipse of the Sun. Determined by celestial mechanics and not geographical boundaries, the narrow path of totality tracked across planet Earth’s relatively inaccessible southernmost continent. Still, some enthusiastic and well-insulated eclipse chasers were rewarded with the dazzling spectacle in Antarctica’s cold but clear skies. Taken just before the brief totality began, this image from a ground-based telescope inside the edge of the shadow path at Union Glacier catches a glimmer of sunlight near the top of the silhouetted lunar…
南极的日全食
2021年12月05日 Total Solar Eclipse Below the Bottom of the World Image Credit & Copyright: Petr Horálek (ESO Photo Ambassador, Inst. of Physics in Opava) Explanation: Yesterday there was a total solar eclipse visible only at the end of the Earth. To capture the unusual phenomenon, airplanes took flight below the clouded seascape of Southern Ocean. The featured image shows one relatively spectacular capture where the bright spot is the outer corona of the Sun and the eclipsing Moon is seen as the dark spot in the center. A wing and engine of the airplane are visible across the left and bottom of the image, while another airplane observing the eclipse is visible on the far left. The dark area of the sky surrounding the eclipsed…