Astronomy Picture of the Day——新墨西哥州上空的日环食

An Annular Solar Eclipse over New Mexico

Image Credit & Copyright: Colleen Pinski

Explanation: What is this person doing? In 2012 an annular eclipse of the Sun was visible over a narrow path that crossed the northern Pacific Ocean and several western US states. In an annular solar eclipse, the Moon is too far from the Earth to block out the entire Sun, leaving the Sun peeking out over the Moon's disk in a ring of fire. To capture this unusual solar event, an industrious photographer drove from Arizona to New Mexico to find just the right vista. After setting up and just as the eclipsed Sun was setting over a ridge about 0.5 kilometers away, a person unknowingly walked right into the shot. Although grateful for the unexpected human element, the photographer never learned the identity of thesilhouetted interloper. It appears likely, though, that the person is holding a circular device that would enable them to get their own view of the eclipse. The shot was taken at sunset on 2012 May 20 at 7:36 pm local time from a park near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Tomorrow another annular solar eclipse will become visible, this time along a thin path starting in Saudi Arabia and going through southern India, Singapore, and Guam. However, almost all of Asia with a clear sky will be able to see, tomorrow, at the least, a partial solar eclipse.

新墨西哥州上空的日环食

这个人在干嘛？2012年，贯穿北太平洋和美国西部几个州的狭窄道路上空，就可以看到日环食。日环食期间，由于月球距离地球太远，无法遮挡住整个太阳，使得太阳从月球盘面上空露出，形成一个火圈。为了捕捉这一盛况，一位摄影师从亚利桑那州开车前往新墨西哥州，寻找美丽的景象。相机安装好后，当日食在0.5公里外的山脊落下时，一个不知情的人刚好走入镜头。尽管摄影师对这个意想不到的人为因素心存感激，但他始终不知道那个入境者的身份。不过，这个人看起来就像拿着一个圆形设备，在仔细观测日食。这幅照片拍摄于美国新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基附近的一座公园，时间是2012年5月20日晚7点36分日落时分。明天又将出现一次日环食，这次日环食的路径很窄，从沙特阿拉伯开始，会经过印度南部、新加坡和关岛。然而，在晴朗的天空下，几乎所有的亚洲国家在明天都能看到日偏食。

高清原图地址：

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1912/AnnularEclipse_Pinski_1522.jpg

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