Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Clouds, Plane, Sun, Eclipse
Explanation:
How can part of the Sun just disappear? When that part is really hiding behind the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Last Friday, the first partial solar eclipse [ http://csep10.phys.…] of 2005 and the last total eclipse [ http://sunearth.gsf…] of the Sun until March 2006 was visible. During a solar eclipse [ http://en.wikipedia…], the Sun [ http://www.nineplan…], Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and Earth are aligned. The total solar eclipse [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was primarily visible from the Southern Pacific Ocean [ http://www.cia.gov/…], while a partial solar eclipse [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was discoverable across South America [ http://en.wikipedia…] and lower North America [ http://en.wikipedia…]. The above image composite was taken with a handheld digital camera last Friday. After a day of rain in Mt. Holly, North Carolina [ http://en.wikipedia…], USA [ http://www.cia.gov/…], a partially eclipsed Sun momentarily peeked through a cloudy sky [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. After taking a sequence of images, the best eclipse shot [ http://spaceweather…] was digitally combined with a less good eclipse shot that featured a passing airplane [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…].
Credit and Copyright:
Dorothy Verdin [ mailto: Dreed704 at aol dot com ]
facet_when:
2005
facet_when:
March 2006
facet_where:
North Carolina
facet_where:
Pacific Ocean
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
DMSP
facet_what:
eclipse
facet_what:
clouds
facet_when_year:
2005
facet_when_year:
2006
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap050411

Clouds, Plane, Sun, Eclipse
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