Annular Eclipse in the morning of May 10. The shadow of the New Moon fell on planet Earth, crossing Queensland’s Cape York in northern Australia for the second time in six months. Image © Courtesy Cameron McCarty – MWV Observatory
Moon Shadow Sequence
November 18, 2012
On the morning of November 14, captured from a hilltop some 30 miles west of the outback town of Mount Carbine, Queensland, the Moon’s umbral shadow tracked across northern Australia before heading into the southern Pacific. Image credit: Ben Cooper (Launch Photography) Used with permission.
How to watch the total Solar Eclipse from anywhere in the World
November 13, 2012
Shadow over Mount Rainier
October 31, 2011
The sunrise behind Mount Rainier casts a sky-spanning shadow that looks almost like a dark beacon emanating from the top of the mountain. The photograph was taken by Nick Lippert of Tumwater, Washington.
Rainbow over Piberbach
September 12, 2011
The photo above shows a jaunty rainbow stretching over a cornfield near Piberbach, Austria. My shadow clearly shows the direction of the antisolar point — the only direction where rainbows can be observed. Photographer: Herbert Raab; Herbert’s Web site
Incredible Shade Illusion
August 19, 2011
The illusion works because of the “shadow” that falls on the checkerboard. Lets think of the square that the shadow falls on. Now picture that the shadow doesnt exist, you would see a light colored square surrounded by the dark colored squares.
Mount Rainier ray and sunrise
February 12, 2011
The photo above showing a singular crepuscular ray stretching across a rosy winter’s dawn was captured from Tacoma, Washington on December 27, 2009. Photographer: Sally Budack
Moonrise Through Mauna Kea’s Hawaii Shadow
December 6, 2010
How can the Moon rise through a mountain? It cannot — what was photographed here is a moonrise through the shadow of a large volcano.
