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Credit & Copyright: Philipp Rau
Explanation:
Christmas Day 2000 featured the
final eclipse of the
Second Millennium -- a partial
solar eclipse
visible from
much of North America.
Astrophotographer Phil Rau
recorded the entire event on a single
image as the Sun
and Moon
arced through winter skies above
Cary, North Carolina, USA.
Using a well positioned, tripod mounted camera and a solar filter,
Rau made a short exposure every 10 minutes
from 11:00 am to 1:30 pm EST, covering the local duration of the eclipse.
The resulting image beautifully illustrates the steady progress of the
dark new Moon as it
appears to take a bite out of the golden
solar disk.
From his location, at eclipse maximum (near picture center) just less than
50 percent of the Sun's diameter was
covered
by the Moon.
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Based on Astronomy Picture
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Publications with keywords: eclipse - millennium - partial solar eclipse
Publications with words: eclipse - millennium - partial solar eclipse
See also:
- A Gargoyles Eclipse
- APOD: 2025 April 1 B A Double Sunrise from a Partial Eclipse
- APOD: 2025 March 30 B A Partial Solar Eclipse over Iceland
- Palm Tree Partial Eclipse
- APOD: 2024 March 24 B Looking Back at an Eclipsed Earth
- APOD: 2023 October 15 B An Eclipse Tree
- APOD: 2023 October 9 B A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse