¿ Astronomy Picture of the Day [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2020 June 15 IFRAME: [2]https://www.youtube.com/embed/UJfpqSj7cCs?rel=0 A Ring of Fire Sunrise Solar Eclipse Video Credit: [3]Colin Legg & [4]Geoff Sims; Music: [5]Peter Nanasi Explanation: What's rising above the horizon behind those clouds? It's the Sun. Most sunrises don't look like this, though, because most sunrises don't include the Moon. In the early morning of 2013 May 10, however, from [6]Western [7]Australia, the Moon was between the Earth and the rising [8]Sun. At times, it would be hard for the [9]uninformed to understand what was happening. In an [10]annular eclipse, the Moon is too far from the [11]Earth to block the entire Sun, and at most leaves a [12]ring of fire where sunlight pours out around every edge of the Moon. The [13]featured time-lapse video also recorded the eclipse through the high refraction of the Earth's atmosphere just above the horizon, making the [14]unusual rising Sun and Moon appear also [15]flattened. As the video continues on, the Sun continues to rise, and the Sun and Moon begin to separate. This weekend, a new [16]annular solar eclipse will occur, visible from central Africa, the [17]Arabian Peninsula, and a narrow band across Asia, with much of [18]Earth's Eastern hemisphere being able to see a [19]partial solar eclipse. Tomorrow's picture: still crazy __________________________________________________________________ [20]< | [21]Archive | [22]Submissions | [23]Index | [24]Search | [25]Calendar | [26]RSS | [27]Education | [28]About APOD | [29]Discuss | [30]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [31]Robert Nemiroff ([32]MTU) & [33]Jerry Bonnell ([34]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [35]Specific rights apply. [36]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [37]ASD at [38]NASA / [39]GSFC & [40]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://www.youtube.com/embed/UJfpqSj7cCs?rel=0 3. https://www.facebook.com/ColinLeggPhotography 4. https://www.facebook.com/BeyondBeneath 5. https://www.peternanasi.com/about 6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Australia 7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia 8. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/solar-system/sun/overview/ 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130513.html 10. https://c.tadst.com/gfx/1200x630/annular-solar-eclipse.png 11. https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/ 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170301.html 13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJfpqSj7cCs 14. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191228.html 15. https://www.seniorcatwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Cat-is-Lying-Flat-on-Its-Back.jpg 16. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2020-june-21 17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula 18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap191227.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200614.html 21. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 24. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 26. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 28. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 29. http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=200615 30. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200616.html 31. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 32. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 33. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 34. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 35. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 36. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 37. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 38. https://www.nasa.gov/ 39. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 40. http://www.mtu.edu/