Picture of the Day

By Monday June 11, 2007

Solar Eclipse

Click on photo for larger image.

This is a 1999 solar eclipse photographed from the Russian Mir space station before it was deorbited in 2001.

From NASA.

Found by Bubba Martin.



12 Comments
  1. David W says:
    6/11/2007 at 4:38 am

    Picture of the day. Posted at 4am. You don’t hold high hopes for herds of wildebeest migrating up 5th Ave, do you?

  2. Frank IBC says:
    6/11/2007 at 5:11 am

    “Skid mark”?

  3. KVolk says:
    6/11/2007 at 5:42 am

    Cool

  4. BubbaRay says:
    6/11/2007 at 8:11 am

    If anyone is interested, here are some cool pix and info:

    http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/eclipse.html

  5. BubbaRay says:
    6/11/2007 at 8:14 am

    Someday, I’ll learn to work this correctly, pictures here:

    http://umbra.nascom.nasa.gov/eclipse/images/eclipse_images.html

  6. Professor Johnnycakes says:
    6/11/2007 at 9:34 am

    I’m being followed by a Moon Shadow…

  7. JimR says:
    6/11/2007 at 9:59 am

    #6, good one… although you probably have to be 50+ to appreciate it. 😉

  8. hhopper says:
    6/11/2007 at 5:02 pm

    Nice photos Bubba.

  9. mark says:
    6/11/2007 at 5:33 pm

    Maybe we can tow the moon into geosynchronous orbit, that would slow down global warming, but what country/state do we put into perpetual darkness? I vote Texas.

  10. BubbaRay says:
    6/11/2007 at 9:15 pm

    #10, mark, at geosynchronous distance, the Moon would extend an angle of about 2.4 degrees !! Even binoculars would show superb detail. Unfortunately, TX isn’t on the equator, so geosync is out. Darn, there goes perpetual dark skies over DFW (and I’d never have to get the lawn mowed again.) I can only guess at the effects that would have on weather and it sure would stop the tides. 🙂

  11. BubbaRay says:
    6/11/2007 at 9:27 pm

    #10, mark, actually if you could geosync the Moon over DFW, I’d only get a total eclipse once a day, but it sure would be cool.

  12. joshua says:
    6/11/2007 at 10:58 pm

    #7….JimR….I’m 24 and I got it.

    Ok, ok, only because my parents are Cat Steven’s fanatics and I heard all of his early stuff all my life, over, and over, and over…… 🙂

    #50…Pedro….He was at my University in England lecturing on Muslim/British commonalities in 2006.


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