Credit & Copyright: Eugen Kamenew
(Kamenew Photography)
Explanation:
Chasing solar eclipses can cause you to go to the most interesting places and meet
the most interesting people.
Almost.
For example, chasing this eclipse brought this astrophotographer to Kenya in 2013.
His contact, a member of the
Maasai people,
was to pick him up at the airport, show him part of southern Kenya, and even agreed
to pose in
traditional
warrior garb
on a hill as the hopefully
spectacular eclipse set far in background.
Unfortunately, this contact person died unexpectedly
a week before the astrophotographer's arrival,
and so he never got to participate in the shoot,
nor know that the resulting image went on to win an
international
award for astrophotography.
Pictured in 2013 from
Kenya,
the Moon covers much of the Sun during a
hybrid eclipse,
a rare type of
solar eclipse
that appears as total from some Earth locations, but annular in others.
During the annular part of the eclipse,
the Moon was too far from the Earth to block the entire Sun.
Next month a total solar eclipse
will cross the USA.
Share the Sky:
NASA creates new Open API for APOD
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 |
Yanvar' Fevral' Mart Aprel' Mai Iyun' Iyul' Avgust Sentyabr' Oktyabr' Noyabr' Dekabr' |
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
|
Publikacii s klyuchevymi slovami:
Solnechnoe zatmenie
Publikacii so slovami: Solnechnoe zatmenie | |
Sm. takzhe:
Vse publikacii na tu zhe temu >> | |
