Astronomy Picture of the Day

                         Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our
 fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a
                           professional astronomer.

                                2018 August 27
                                      [2]
                  Total Solar Eclipse Shadow from a Balloon
    Image Credit: Kuaray Project [3] , NASA Eclipse Ballooning Project [4] ,
              Brasilia Astronomy Club [5] , Montana State U. [6]

Explanation: Where were you during the Great American Eclipse of 2017? A year
ago last week, over 100 million of people in North America [7]  went outside
to see a partial eclipse [8]  of the Sun, while over ten million drove across
part of the USA to see the Sun completely disappear behind the Moon -- a total
solar eclipse [9] . An estimated 88 percent [10]  of American adults saw the
eclipse either personally or electronically. One of the better photographed
events [11] in human history, images from the eclipse [12] included some
unusual vistas [13] , such as from balloons floating in the Earth's
stratosphere [14] . About fifty such robotic balloons were launched as part of
NASA's Eclipse Ballooning project [15] . Featured is a frame taken from a
360-degree panoramic video [16]  captured by one such balloon set aloft in
Idaho by students [17]  from Brazil [18]  in conjunction with NASA [19]  and
Montana State University [20] . Pictured, the dark shadow of the Moon [21]
was seen crossing [22]  the Earth below. Although the total eclipse [23]
lasted less than three minutes, many who saw it [24]  may remember it for a
lifetime [25] . Many North Americans will get a another chance to experience a
total solar eclipse [26]  in 2024 [27] .

                        Tomorrow's picture: night blue

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Site notes:
  [1] archivepix.html
  [2] image/1808/EclipseBalloon_Kuaray_1093.jpg
  [3] https://www.facebook.com/projetokuaray/
  [4] https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/eclipse-ballooni...
  [5] http://www.casb.org.br/
  [6] https://eclipse.montana.edu/
  [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America
  [8] ap180211.html
  [9] ap170906.html
  [10] https://www.isr.umich.edu/cps/initialeclipsev...
  [11]
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/0...
solar-eclipse-was-one-most-watched-events-american-history-survey-finds/
  [12] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/science/pi...
  [13]
https://www.facebook.com/pg/AstronomyPictureO...
?tab=album&album_id=1396657207036403
  [14]
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/s...
  [15] https://eclipse.montana.edu/
  [16] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPgPIIg3CUs
  [17]
https://www.upi.com/NASA-students-to-study-ec...
4211502811845/
  [18] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil
  [19] https://www.nasa.gov/
  [20] http://www.montana.edu/
  [21] ap170717.html
  [22] https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8396703/
  [23] https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi...
  [24] ap170908.html
  [25]
https://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-new...
experiencing-totality-eclipse-stories-from-sky-telescope/
  [26] ap170912.html
  [27] https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/what%E2%80%99s-w...
  [28] ap180826.html
  [29] archivepix.html
  [30] lib/apsubmit2015.html
  [31] lib/aptree.html
  [32] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apo...
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  [34] /apod.rss
  [35] lib/edlinks.html
  [36] lib/about_apod.html
  [37] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?dat...
  [38] ap180828.html
  [39] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  [40] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  [41] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnel...
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