             APOD: 2017 September 6 - The Climber and the Eclipse

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                               2017 September 6
                                      [2]
                         The Climber and the Eclipse
               Image Credit & Copyright: Andrew [3] Struder [4]

Explanation: What should you do if your rock climbing picture is photobombed
by a total eclipse of the Sun? Rejoice -- because your planning paid off [5] .
After months of considering [6]  different venues, and a week of scouting
different locations in Oregon [7] 's Smith Rock State Park [8] , a group of
photographers [9]  and rock climbers led by Ted [10] Hesser [11] , Martina
Tibell, and Michael Shainblum settled on picturesque 100-meter tall Monkey
Face tower [12] as the dramatic foreground for their images of the pending
total solar eclipse [13] . Tension mounted as the eclipse time [14]
approached, planned juxtapositions were scrutinized, and the placement of rock
climber Tommy Smith [15]  was adjusted. Right on schedule, though, the Moon
moved in front of the Sun [16] , and Smith moved in front of the Moon, just as
planned. The solar eclipse image displayed here [17] actually shows a diamond
ring [18] , an eclipse phase when a bit of the distant Sun is still visible
beyond the Moon's surface [19] .

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oregon-eclipse-andrew-studer-smith-rock-state-park/592254001/
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the-story-behind-the-viral-photo-of-a-rock-climber-in-front-of-the-solar-
eclipse/17997/
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