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Courtesy: Igor Tirsky
Explanation:
From a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometers above the equator,
Russian meteorological
satellite
Elektro-L takes high-resolution images
our fair planet
every 30 minutes.
But only twice
a year, during an Equinox, can it capture an image
like this one, showing an entire hemisphere bathed in sunlight.
At an Equinox,
the Earth's axis of rotation is not tilted toward or
away from the Sun, so the
solar illumination can extend
to both the planet's poles.
Of course,
this Elektro-L picture
was recorded on September 22nd,
at the northern hemisphere's autumnal equinox.
For a moment on that date, the Sun was behind
the geostationary satellite and a
telltale glint of reflected sunlight is seen crossing the equator,
at the location on the planet with satellite and sun directly overhead
(5MB animated gif).
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