{"id":779385,"date":"2024-03-22T08:56:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=779385"},"modified":"2024-03-22T08:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:56:52","slug":"astonishing-photograph-of-last-years-annular-solar-eclipse-in-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=779385","title":{"rendered":"Astonishing photograph of last year&#8217;s annular solar eclipse in Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"replace-inline-image\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit ArticleImageCaption__Credit--NoTitle\">Daniel J Stein and Andrew McCarthy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>THIS captivating shot, showing the sun and full moon perfectly aligned over the Valley of the Gods in Utah last October, amps up anticipation for next month\u2019s total solar eclipse in North America.<\/p>\n<p>A collaboration between photographers Andrew McCarthy and Daniel Stein, the image shows an annular solar eclipse, where an outer \u201cring of fire\u201d forms because the moon is too far from Earth to fully cover the sun. The shot is the result of thousands of images pieced together digitally, pairing Stein\u2019s landscape photography skills with McCarthy\u2019s experience at capturing images of the sun.<\/p>\n<p>After months of planning, the pair got their crucial shots by positioning cameras and telescopes at a carefully selected desert location, taking into account aspects like weather patterns, eclipse duration and landscape features.<\/p>\n<p>The image was released on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJamesMcCarthy\/status\/1766136341862248639\">social media<\/a> on 8 March, exactly one month before a total solar eclipse will pass over North America, during which the moon will entirely cover the sun. It will shroud many parts of the continent \u2013 from Canada to the US and Mexico \u2013 in darkness, or totality. The path of totality is due to be much wider than the last such eclipse that occurred in the region: almost 200 kilometres will be covered, compared with about 115 kilometres in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The strange phenomena visible during April&#039;s total solar eclipse\" width=\"1110\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAKeNLu1s3Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n    <\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"js-content-prompt-opportunity\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easy to take the sun for granted\u2026 but when the [sun and moon] combine during an eclipse, it is breathtaking. We feel bringing in the landscape element then adds a sense of grounding to the image, allowing the viewer to really connect with the piece,\u201d says Stein.<\/p>\n<p><b>New Scientist eclipse special<\/b><br \/>See our news and explainers on North America\u2019s total eclipse on 8 April newscientist.com\/article-topic\/solar-eclipse-2024<\/p>\n<section class=\"ArticleTopics\">\n<p class=\"ArticleTopics__Heading\">Topics:<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26134830-300-astonishing-photograph-of-last-years-annular-solar-eclipse-in-utah\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=space&#038;rand=772163\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel J Stein and Andrew McCarthy THIS captivating shot, showing the sun and full moon perfectly aligned over the Valley of the Gods in Utah last October, amps up anticipation&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":779386,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-779385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-scientist"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=779385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/779386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=779385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=779385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=779385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}