#diamond ring effect

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Besides sharing the imagery, Blue Ghost has 10 NASA science and technology instruments aboard as part of the space agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services, or CLPS, initiative.

CLPS is part of NASA’s broader Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts on the moon for the first time in more than 50 years.

The instruments are currently working to collect data primarily on the moon’s subsurface, such as lunar dust and regolith, the loose rocks and mineral fragments that cover the lunar surface.

Shortly after the sunset, the lander will continue to operate for several hours during the lunar nighttime before the period of darkness and cold temperatures are expected to cause the spacecraft to cease operations.

[quiltofstars]

Baily’s beads or the Diamond Ring effect // jleyende

Photographed during the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017

[callm3kyu]

I WASNT IN THE PATH OF TOTALITY BUT I GOT TO 98% AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIAMOND RING EFFECT I AM TISMING SO HARD RN. SO BASICALLY THERE IS 2 MOMENTS, ONE RIGHT BEFORE AND ONE RIGHT AFTER TOTALITY, WHERE ONLY A TINY SPOT IS VISIBLE OF THE SUN. AND COMBINED WITH THE FAINT HALO OF PRE/POST TOTALITY, IT RESEMBLES A DIAMOND RING. I DIDNT GET ANY PICTURES BUT LOOK SOME UP ITS BEAUTIFUL. I DO HAVE SOME WICKED SHADOWS THO

[axollot]

2017 Total Solar Eclipse by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Via Flickr: The Diamond Ring effect is seen as the moon makes its final move over the sun during the total solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow portion of the contiguous United States from Lincoln Beach, Oregon to Charleston, South Carolina. A partial solar eclipse was visible across the entire North American continent along with parts of South America, Africa, and Europe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)

[vmunton]

The Path of Totality

The Path of Totality

“The Path of Totality”…

There’s just something about that phrase that sounds astronomical, doesn’t it?  It fits the event so well–in both senses of the word, and it sounds like something from a futuristic movie.

Only it happened in 2017.

We didn’t even realize it until days before the solar eclipse, but our property was in the path of totality. It was a great privilege to actually be able to…

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[fuzzychief]

Got the diamond ring effect just as totality ended.

[michaelmaclauchlan]

The Diamond Ring Effect “..observed immediately before and after a total eclipse of the sun, in which one of Baily's beads is much brighter than the others, resembling a diamond ring around the moon.”  More at: https://sunstopper.wordpress.com/tag/diamond-ring-effect/

[alxndrasplace]

(NASA)  Just before the Sun blacks out, something strange occurs. As the Moon moves to completely cover the Sun in a total solar eclipse, beads of bright sunlight stream around the edge of the Moon. This effect, known as Baily's beads, is named after Francis Baily who called attention to the phenomenon in 1836. Although, the number and brightness of Baily's beads used to be unpredictable, today the Moon is so well mapped that general features regarding Baily's beads are expected. When a single bead dominates, it is called the diamond ring effect, and is typically seen just before totality. Pictured above, a series of images recorded Baily's beads at times surrounding the 2008 total solar eclipse visible from Novosibirsk, Russia. At the end of totality, as the Sun again emerges from behind the moon, Baily's beads may again be visible -- but now on the other side of the Moon. (Click on image for greater detail.)