Tag: eclipse

September 28, 2015 at 9:23 am

11 Photos of the Super-Mega-Ultra-Blood-Moon-Eclipse That You Probably Didn’t See

11 Photos of the Super-Mega-Ultra-Blood-Moon-Eclipse That You Probably Didn't See

“Ahhh so that’s what that amazing celestial event, that I totally couldn’t see, looked like!” – me every time

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April 23, 2015 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Sailplane Solar Eclipse

Picture of the Day: Sailplane Solar Eclipse

© Daniele Molineris / Red Bull Content Pool Luca Bertossio performs in a sailplane glider during the solar eclipse in Premariacco, Udine, Italy on March 20th 2015. The photograph was taken for Red Bull by Daniele Molineris. Red Bull athletes were out in full force for this most recent total solar eclipse. Check out…

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March 30, 2015 at 4:42 pm

What March’s Total Solar Eclipse Looked Like from an Airplane Window

What March's Total Solar Eclipse Looked Like from an Airplane Window

An incredible timelapse shows the shadow of the moon during the total solar eclipse that occurred on March 20, 2015. This is the view as seen from the stratosphere, in a plane flying along the umbral path. The plane was flying at an altitude of 14,000 meters (46,000 ft) at a speed of 950…

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March 20, 2015 at 3:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Solar Eclipse at the Isle of Skye

Picture of the Day: Solar Eclipse at the Isle of Skye

© Rutger Pauw / Red Bull Content Pool Danny MacAskill performs during the solar eclipse at the Quirrang on the Isle of Skye, Scotland on March 20th 2015. The photograph, which sees Danny appear in mid-air in front of the eclipse, was created by friend and photographer Rutger Pauw who came up with the…

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October 8, 2014 at 4:29 pm

5 Brilliant Captures of the October 8 ‘Blood Moon’

5 Brilliant Captures of the October 8 'Blood Moon'

On the morning of October 8 the full moon took on an eerie reddish hue that people have dubbed the ‘Blood Moon’. According to Space.com: “The total lunar eclipse of Oct. 8 was visible to observers in North America, western South America, parts of East Asia, Australia and other parts of the Pacific, weather…

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September 22, 2014 at 7:43 pm

Picture of the Day: Basketball Eclipse of the Sun

Picture of the Day: Basketball Eclipse of the Sun

Photograph by MDPPatrick on reddit Reddit user MDPPatrick took this perfectly timed photo of his brother shooting a basketball and creating an eclipse of the sun at the same time. For those curious, the photo was taken on a Galaxy S4 using the ‘Sports’ mode which takes pictures of fast movement. The photo, which…

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April 28, 2014 at 5:18 pm

Picture of the Day: The Multiple Exposure Blood Moon

Picture of the Day: The Multiple Exposure Blood Moon

THE MULTIPLE EXPOSURE BLOOD MOON Photograph by NASA/JSC From open prairie land on the 1625-acre Johnson Space Center site, a Johnson Space Center photographer took this multi-frame composite image of the so-called “Blood Moon” lunar eclipse in the early hours of April 15. The eclipse is a phenomenon that occurs when the…

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April 15, 2014 at 4:50 pm

Picture of the Day: The Blood Moon

Picture of the Day: The Blood Moon

THE BLOOD MOON Photograph by NASA Ames Research Center/Brian Day The United States was in a prime orbital position and time of day to view the eclipse on April 15, 2014. Depending on local weather conditions (it was cloudy and overcast for many), the public got a spectacular view looking into the…

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November 17, 2013 at 10:52 am

Picture of the Day: Solar Eclipse at 44,000 ft

Picture of the Day: Solar Eclipse at 44,000 ft

SOLAR ECLIPSE AT 44,000 FT Photograph by Ben Cooper | launchphotography.com Recently featured as NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day, this amazing capture by Ben Cooper of LaunchPhotography.com shows the total solar eclipse that occurred on November 3, 2013, from 44,000 ft over the Atlantic. Cooper was aboard a 12-person Dassault Falcon…

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August 26, 2013 at 3:15 pm

Picture of the Day: The Eclipse of Venus

Picture of the Day: The Eclipse of Venus

THE ECLIPSE OF VENUS Image Credit: NASA/SDO & the AIA, EVE, and HMI teams Digital Composition by: PETER L. DOVE Selected as NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day on August 20, 2013, is this fascinating digital composition by Peter L. Dove. APOD explains: Usually it is the Earth’s Moon that eclipses the…

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