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 9
     [2]A partially eclipse of a Sun rising over water is shown. A ship
      appears on the right. The Sun appears reddened by the Intervening
   Earth’s atmosphere. An inversion layer in the atmosphere makes part of
    the Sun appeared doubled near the horizon. Please see the explanation
                       for more detailed information.

                         A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
                Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Elias Chasiotis

   Explanation: Yes, but have you ever seen a sunrise like this? Here,
   after initial cloudiness, [4]the Sun appeared to rise in two pieces and
   during a partial eclipse in 2019, causing the photographer to describe
   it as the most stunning sunrise of his life. The dark circle near the
   top of the [5]atmospherically-reddened Sun is [6]the Moon -- but so is
   the dark peak just below it. This is because along the way, the
   [7]Earth's atmosphere had a layer of unusually warm air over the sea
   which acted like a [8]gigantic lens and created a [9]second image. For
   a normal sunrise or sunset, this rare phenomenon of [10]atmospheric
   optics is known as the [11]Etruscan vase effect. The [12]featured
   picture was [13]captured in December 2019 from [14]Al Wakrah,
   [15]Qatar. Some observers in a narrow band of [16]Earth to the east
   were able to see a [17]full annular solar eclipse -- where the Moon
   appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a [18]ring of
   fire. The next solar eclipse, also an annular eclipse for well-placed
   observers, will [19]occur this coming Saturday.

   APOD editor to speak: [20]in Houghton, Michigan on Thursday, October 12
                                   at 6 pm
                     Tomorrow's picture: hidden in Orion
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   3. https://www.facebook.com/elias.chasiotis
   4. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/
   5. https://gml.noaa.gov/grad/about/redsky/
   6. https://science.nasa.gov/moon/
   7. https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2919/earths-atmosphere-a-multi-layered-cake/
   8. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap211228.html
   9. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0344/6469/files/twincats.png
  10. https://www.atoptics.co.uk/
  11. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090223.html
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  19. https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2023/where-when/
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