Page 1 of 1
APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:05 am
by APOD Robot
Like a Diamond in the Sky
Explanation: A dark Sun hung over Queensland, Australia on Wednesday morning during a much anticipated
total solar eclipse. Storm clouds threatened to spoil the view along the northern coast, but minutes before totality the clouds parted. Streaming past the Moon's edge, the last direct rays of sunlight produced a gorgeous
diamond ring effect in this scene from Ellis Beach between Cairns and Port Douglas. Winking out in a moment, the diamond didn't last forever though. The area was
plunged into darkness for nearly 2 minutes as the
Moon's shadow swept off shore toward Australia's
Great Barrier Reef and out into the southern Pacific. Ranging from 1/4000 to 1/15 seconds long, five separate exposures were blended in the image to create a presentation similar to the
breathtaking visual experience of the eclipse.
[/b]
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 5:39 pm
by Boomer12k
"Breath taking" is right! What a wonderful spot for an eclipse!!!
:---[===] *
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:00 pm
by LocalColor
Thank you for including info on how the photo was "built". Beautiful.
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:11 pm
by Ann
What I like so much about this picture is that it shows the gradual effects of the solar eclipse in the landscape.
I have never seen a total eclipse myself, mostly because I haven't found it worth my time and money to travel far enough to see one. But a couple of years ago, we had a partial eclipse where I live, perhaps a 70% eclipse or so. It was fascinating to see and feel how the landscape changed when the Sun was partly blocked. It grew colder. Birds fell silent. And the color of daylight took on a blue-violet cast, as if preferentially more of the Sun's short-wave light and less of its long-wave light made it to the Earth.
Today's APOD reminds me of that day. I particularly like the rather strange "feel" of the daylight in this picture. Of course the blackened Sun is also quite spectacular!
Ann
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:21 pm
by ta152h0
I drove a long ways to witness the totality at Goldendale, Washington in 1977 ?. It was an unforgetable experience, icecold surroundings within seconds, animals quit " talking " and i recorded the event in super 8 film, stored somewhere in the cavern called " garage ".
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:14 pm
by Beyond
ta152h0 wrote:I drove a long ways to witness the totality at Goldendale, Washington in 1977 ?. It was an unforgetable experience, icecold surroundings within seconds, animals quit " talking " and i recorded the event in super 8 film, stored somewhere in the cavern called " garage ".
Time for a little spelunking in the cavern
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:31 pm
by ta152h0
definitaly want to go find it and digitise the images. You can really see the diamond well
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:51 pm
by neufer
The Kimberley "diamond well"
ta152h0 wrote:
You can really see the diamond well
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hole wrote:
<<The Big Hole, Open Mine or Kimberley Mine (Afrikaans: Groot Gat) is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the largest hole excavated by hand. The first diamonds here were found on Colesberg Kopje by members of the "Red Cap Party" from Colesberg on the farm Vooruitzigt belonging to the De Beers brothers. The ensuing scramble for claims led to the place being called New Rush, later renamed Kimberley. From mid-July 1871 to 1914 up to 50,000 miners dug the hole with picks and shovels, yielding 6,000 lb of diamonds. The Big Hole has a surface of 42 acres and is 463 metres wide.>>
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:41 am
by Beyond
neufer wrote:
The Kimberley "diamond well"
ta152h0 wrote:
You can really see the diamond well
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Hole wrote:
<<The Big Hole, Open Mine or Kimberley Mine (Afrikaans: Groot Gat) is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the largest hole excavated by hand. The first diamonds here were found on Colesberg Kopje by members of the "Red Cap Party" from Colesberg on the farm Vooruitzigt belonging to the De Beers brothers. The ensuing scramble for claims led to the place being called New Rush, later renamed Kimberley. From mid-July 1871 to 1914 up to 50,000 miners dug the hole with picks and shovels, yielding 6,000 lb of diamonds. The Big Hole has a surface of 42 acres and is 463 metres wide.>>
They don't know how deep it is
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:45 am
by ta152h0
good place to try out the " Europa Diver 1 "
Re: APOD: Like a Diamond in the Sky (2012 Nov 17)
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:25 pm
by TNT
Lucky Shot!