Eclipse Reflections
by Celestyn M Brozek
Sidemen, Bali
© EdBob
City of (Sunspot) Lights
Sunspot AR1476 (photographed above over the Eiffel Tower) has been monitored all week, as the Jupiter-sized coronal “active region” has been pointed squarely at Earth, ready to release a wave of magnetic energy in the form of a solar flare or coronal mass ejection. Last night, a CME was detected, racing toward Earth at over 1,000 km/s.
This awesome animation from the Goddard Space Weather Lab demonstrates the forecasted wave and glancing blow we await on Earth (we aren’t in any danger, but satellites may be disrupted):
Above, the sunspot is photographed Thursday evening over the Eiffel Tower by VegaStar Carpentier.
The River Nith, Dumfries, Scotland, GB
© ~Brian Kerr Photography-
Tsuneaki Hiramatsu
http://www.thecoolist.com/slow-shutter-fireflies-by-tsuneaki-hiramatsu/
Canal Sunset | Gorgie, Edinburgh, Scotland, Great Britain
© Grant_R
San Francisco Rainbow over the Bay Bridge, California
© Lisa Bettany {Mostly Lisa}
This stunning 360 degree panorama of the night sky was stitched together from 37,000 images by a first-time astrophotographer.
I was gonna blog about that awesome record-setting, super-sized panoramic sky photo going around ourdashboards today, but I had this nagging sense of deja vu. And sure enough, I found it in my archives from 10 months ago.
But seriously, go enjoy it again. It’s so fantastic and informative. The guy quit his job, traveled 60,000 miles and he had never done anything like this before.
