Sunset on the Flores Sea

November 30, 2017 WPOTD Editor Leave a comment

I confess the photo was taken without any real consideration of weather issues! It was quite simply a mind blowing image in life (and I think the pic’s not too bad either!) We were on a six day kayaking trip, camping on a number of islands in the Flores Sea, having begun (and finished) our trip from Labuhanbajo on the large island of Flores. The careened boat shown in the picture is our support boat which is undergoing “unplanned” repairs!) 4.41 pm 5 June 2009

Photo Credit: Adrian Walsh

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Moon

Sweet Moonrise

November 29, 2017 WPOTD Editor Leave a comment

Moonrise cruise. Perfect atmospheric conditions. Catered. Lake Pend Oreille, Sandpoint, ID. July 2017

Photo Credit: Robert Bissett

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Atmospheric Optical Effects

Sun Dogs in Nunavut Canada

November 28, 2017 WPOTD Editor Leave a comment

Winter time “Sun Dogs” in Nunavut Canada.
November 2003

Photo Credit: M. Moore

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Landscape, Sunsets

Sunset Over the Santa Monica Pier

November 27, 2017 WPOTD Editor Leave a comment

Not sure if this is what qualifies for your photographs, but this was taken on holidays about two weeks ago and is a sunset over the Santa Monica pier in California. Around September 25, 2017.

Photo Credit: Bob Summerville

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Sun

2017 Eclipse Baily’s Beads

November 26, 2017 WPOTD Editor Leave a comment

…….and finally, this is the third submittal of the 2017 total solar eclipse on August 21.

This shows Baily’s Beads, the phenomena of the sun shining through the mountains and craters on the surface of the moon, named after Francis Baily who explained the phenomenon in 1836.

Photo Credit: Steve Kasper

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2017 Eclipse Solar Prominences

November 25, 2017 WPOTD Editor Leave a comment

A second image of the 2017 Solar eclipse from just south of Casper, Wyoming on August 21. This image prominently shows prominences. The one that streams out the furthest from the sun’s surface is about 35,000 miles. The earth would easily fit within this distance!

Photo Credit: Steve Kasper

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Beautiful 2017 Eclipse Corona

November 24, 2017 WPOTD Editor Leave a comment

I wanted to share this image I took of the total solar eclipse just south of Casper, WY on August 21, 2017. What is unique about the image is the delicate texture in the sun’s corona, especially the tendrils emanating from top (from either side of a prominence) and the apparent twisting of the corona at about the 7 o’clock position.

Photo Credit: Steve Kasper

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