Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                               2024 October 3
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                             Eclipse at Sunrise
       Image Credit & [3]Copyright: [4]Wang Letian ([5]Eyes at Night)

   Explanation: [6]The second solar eclipse of 2024 began in the Pacific.
   On October 2nd the Moon's shadow swept from west to east, with an
   [7]annular eclipse visible along a narrow antumbral shadow path
   tracking mostly over ocean, crossing land near the southern tip of
   South America, and ending in the southern Atlantic. The dramatic total
   annular eclipse phase is known to some as a [8]ring of fire. Still, a
   partial eclipse of the Sun was experienced over a wide region. Captured
   at one of its earliest moments, October's eclipsed Sun is seen just
   above the clouds near sunrise in this snapshot. The partially eclipsed
   solar disk is close to the maximum eclipse as seen from Mauna Kea
   Observatory Visitor Center, Island of Hawaii, [9]planet Earth.

                    Tomorrow's picture: comet at moonrise
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