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Partial Eclipse: :shock: AWESOME!!

Very dramatic photo!!

I loved the link under "be exposed" in the last sentence of today's APOD.

So I'm not the greatest fan of the color red, but this sky is fantastic. Note, at the top of the crescent Sun, how the color changes from red to pink to yellow. And bearing in mind what we are actually seeing, our satellite, the Moon, partly covering our star, the Sun, makes the picture even more fantastic.

Ann

It is rather neat to see a cresent sun once in a while. :yes:

Today's pic.; Awesome! 8-) :thumb_up: :thumb_up:

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[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120520.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_120520.jpg[/img] [size=150]A Partial Eclipse Over Manila Bay[/size][/url]

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