Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Fleeting Eclipse
Explanation:
A lunar eclipse [ http://aa.usno.navy…] can be viewed in a leisurely fashion. Visible to anyone [ http://starchild.gs…question6.html ] on the night side of planet Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] (weather permitting), totality often lasts an hour or so as the moon glides through the Earth's shadow. But a solar eclipse [ http://www.MrEclips…] is more fleeting. Totality can last a few minutes [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] only for those fortunate enough to stand in the path of the Moon's shadow [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] as it races across the Earth's surface. For the April 29, 1995 annular solar eclipse, photographer Olivier Staiger [ http://eclipse.span…] was standing in Macara, Ecuador under partially cloudy skies. Just before the maximum annular eclipse phase he recorded this dramatic moment as a bird flew near the sun. The next solar eclipse, on June 10 [ http://sunearth.gsf…], will also be an annular one. Partial phases will be visible from [ http://sunearth.gsf…ASE2002.html#live ] eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean [ http://sunearth.gsf…SE2002Jun10A-2.GIF ] and much of North America. Very accurate predictions of eclipses [ http://www.earthvie…] have long been possible.
Credit and Copyright:
Olivier Staiger [ mailto:olivier.staig er@span.ch ]
keyword:
eclipse
keyword:
solar eclipse
keyword:
annular eclipse
facet_when:
April 29, 1995
facet_where:
Pacific Ocean
facet_where:
Ecuador
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Washington, D.C.
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
eclipse
facet_when_year:
1995
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap020608

A Fleeting Eclipse
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