﻿ 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. 2023 October 16 [2]An annular solar eclipse appears in the background with the dark Moon appearing completely internal to the bright Sun. In the foreground is a ridge with the silhouettes of two people, one standing, and one kneeling. Please see the explanation for more detailed information. Eclipse Rings Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Jerry Zhang (left), [4]Baolong Chen (photographer) & Amber Zhang (right) Explanation: She knew everything but the question. She was well aware that there would be a complete [5]annular eclipse of the [6]Sun visible from their driving destination: [7]Lake Abert in [8]Oregon. She knew that the next [9]ring-of-fire eclipse would occur in the [10]USA only in [11]16 more years, making this a rare photographic opportunity. She was comfortable with the plan: that she and her boyfriend would appear in front of the eclipse [12]in silhouette, sometimes alone, and sometimes together. She knew that the [13]annular phase of this eclipse would last only a few minutes and she helped in the many [14]hours of planning. She could see their friend who set up the [15]camera about 400 meters away at the bottom of a ridge. What she didn't know was the question she would be asked. But she did know the answer: "yes". Album: [16]Selected eclipse images sent in to APOD Tomorrow's picture: dust rings __________________________________________________________________ [17]< | [18]Archive | [19]Submissions | [20]Index | [21]Search | [22]Calendar | [23]RSS | [24]Education | [25]About APOD | [26]Discuss | [27]> __________________________________________________________________ Authors & editors: [28]Robert Nemiroff ([29]MTU) & [30]Jerry Bonnell ([31]UMCP) NASA Official: Phillip Newman [32]Specific rights apply. [33]NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices A service of: [34]ASD at [35]NASA / [36]GSFC, [37]NASA Science Activation & [38]Michigan Tech. U. References 1. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 2. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/2310/AnnularProposal_Zhang_3500.jpg 3. https://www.instagram.com/duskpiper/ 4. https://www.instagram.com/jadedrchen/ 5. https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2023/where-when/ 6. https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/menu/sun/ 7. https://youtu.be/4gBGuH60JGI 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon 9. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231001.html 10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States 11. https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/solar/2039-june-21 12. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220107.html 13. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230924.html 14. https://doggymomblog.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/map-reading-dog.jpg 15. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/how-to-make-a-pinhole-camera/ 16. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.312184138176837&type=3 17. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231015.html 18. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html 19. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsubmit2015.html 20. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/aptree.html 21. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search 22. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/allyears.html 23. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod.rss 24. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/edlinks.html 25. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html 26. https://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=231016 27. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap231017.html 28. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html 29. http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ 30. https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html 31. http://www.astro.umd.edu/ 32. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/about_apod.html#srapply 33. https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html 34. https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 35. https://www.nasa.gov/ 36. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ 37. https://science.nasa.gov/learners 38. http://www.mtu.edu/