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Posts tagged ‘Sunset’

Sunset with Mercury and Jupiter

March 22, 2011

Mercury and JupiterWhen warm sunset hues begin to fade, two celestial beacons now shine in the evening twilight, Mercury and Jupiter.
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Sunset in Mono lake

March 10, 2011

Mono lake

Winter on Mono Lake. Lenticular clouds pick up the light of the setting sun behind the Eastern Sierra mountains.  Photography David Orias

Sunset, atmospheric refraction and mirages

March 5, 2011

Sunset

The photo above showing a gorgeously hued and misshaped Sun was taken from Alexandroupoli, Greece. When the Sun is on the horizon, or very near it, refraction in the lower atmosphere appears to flatten the solar disk.  Photographer: Athanasios Sismanis
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Natural Firefall that brightens up (video)

February 23, 2011

Natural FirefallFor only a few days each year – normally around February – the elements are perfect for the last of the day’s sun rays to strike the waterfall, creating a magical luminance, a ‘firefall’, one of nature’s rarest phenomena.

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A plane flies off into the sunset

February 10, 2011

plane sunsetA plane flies off into the sunset at the airport in Dusseldorf, Germany.
the Telegraph pictures – Picture: EPA

Anticrepuscular Rays Over Nebraska

February 5, 2011

Anticrepuscular Rays

Crepuscular rays appear to converge on the sun, anticrepuscular rays converge in the opposite direction and you must have your back to the sun or sunset point to see them.  Photographer: Ray Boren

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Sun Halo Beyond Stockholm

January 10, 2011

Sun Halo

Sometimes it looks like the Sun is being viewed through a large lens. In the above case, however, there are actually billions of lenses: ice crystals.  Photographer Peter Rosén
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Mackerel Sky Sunset

December 16, 2010

Mackerel Sky

Photograph John Leslie/Alamy

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Sunrise to Sunset aboard the Space Station

December 13, 2010

aboard ISS

aboard ISS2

aboard ISS 3
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Sunset Seen from the ISS

December 8, 2010


This spectacular image of sunset on the Indian Ocean was taken by astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The image presents an edge-on, or limb view, of the Earth’s atmosphere as seen from orbit.
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