              APOD: 2017 September 8 - The Great Gig in the Sky

                         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.

                               2017 September 8
                                      [2]
                          The Great Gig in the Sky
  Image Credit & Copyright [3] : Rogelio Bernal Andreo [4]  (Deep Sky Colors)

Explanation: There were no crowds on the beach [5] at Phillips Lake, Oregon on
August 21. But a few had come there to stand, for a moment, in the dark shadow
of the Moon. From the beach, this unscripted mosaic photo records their much
anticipated solar eclipse. In two vertical panels it catches the last few
seconds of totality and the first instant of 3rd contact, just as the eclipse
ends and sunlight faintly returns. Across the US those gathered [6] along the
path of totality also took pictures and shared their moment. And like those at
Phillips Lake they may treasure the experience more [7] than any planned or
unplanned photograph of the total eclipse of the Sun.

                    Tomorrow's picture: lighter weekend [8]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 < [9] | Archive [10] | Submissions [11] | Index [12] | Search [13] | Calendar
  [14] | RSS [15] | Education [16] | About APOD [17] | Discuss [18] | > [19]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [20] (MTU [21] ) & Jerry Bonnell [22]
                                  (UMCP [23] )
          NASA Official:  Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [24] .
              NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [25]
              A service of: ASD [26]  at NASA [27]  / GSFC [28]
                           & Michigan Tech. U. [29]
----------
Site notes:
  [1] archivepix.html
  [2] image/1709/GirlByTheLakeTSE2017_RBA2.jpg
  [3] lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  [4] https://www.facebook.com/DeepSkyColors
  [5] https://www.facebook.com/DeepSkyColors/photos/
a.511542708913047.1073741828.511507152249936/1495735607160414/
  [6] https://www.flickr.com/photos_user_map.gne?
path=nasa-eclipse2017&nsid=&mode=group
  [7] http://www.deepskycolors.com/archive/2017/08/30/
My-2017-Total-Solar-Eclipse.html
  [8] ap170909.html
  [9] ap170907.html
  [10] archivepix.html
  [11] lib/apsubmit2015.html
  [12] lib/aptree.html
  [13] http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search
  [14] calendar/allyears.html
  [15] /apod.rss
  [16] lib/edlinks.html
  [17] lib/about_apod.html
  [18] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=170908
  [19] ap170909.html
  [20] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html
  [21] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/
  [22] http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html
  [23] http://www.astro.umd.edu/
  [24] lib/about_apod.html#srapply
  [25] http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html
  [26] http://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  [27] http://www.nasa.gov/
  [28] http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/
  [29] http://www.mtu.edu/
