Oh. My. Wow. This image here, THIS STUNNING PHOTO, was taken by Blue Ghost on the Moon. Because while we saw a lunar eclipse on Earth, the Moon saw a solar eclipse at the same time. That's us, Earth, eclipsing the Sun. And it just gives me goosebumps to see like this!! - ThreadSky

astropartigirl.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Oh. My. Wow. This image here, THIS STUNNING PHOTO, was taken by Blue Ghost on the Moon. Because while we saw a lunar eclipse on Earth, the Moon saw a solar eclipse at the same time. That's us, Earth, eclipsing the Sun. And it just gives me goosebumps to see like this!!

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camrat.bsky.social•8 days ago

Beautiful!

poisonedredberry.bsky.social•8 days ago

I did not consent to having my picture taken 😡

thuannguy.com•8 days ago

There was an online puzzle game called "God Tower." One level had an image similar to this with the hint "diamond ring." Since then, solar eclipses always remind me of a diamond ring. 😅

astropartigirl.bsky.social•8 days ago

That's actually what we call that part of the eclipse! The diamond ring 😀

deidredeutsch.bsky.social•7 days ago

😳

wiggiescotia.bsky.social•8 days ago

In-cred-i-ble

fizzixrat.bsky.social•7 days ago

THANK you for sharing this ❤️

raantuva.fyi•8 days ago

Very impressive, would love to share if it had alt-text...

ajduden.bsky.social•7 days ago

Great photo!
Can't wait for new season

carolynfahm.bsky.social•7 days ago

Goosebumps for me too. So happy to find you here.

astropartigirl.bsky.social•8 days ago

Wonder how a total eclipse with beads and a diamond ring can be seen from the moon when Earth appears ~3 times bigger than the Sun from there? Well, it's for the same reason lunar eclipses look red, and, why solar eclipses from the moon look red: Earth's atmosphere!

astropartigirl.bsky.social•8 days ago

It bends light and scatters red wavelengths more efficiently. Also, totality can last over 2 hours on the moon. Imagine that.

astropartigirl.bsky.social•7 days ago

Ugh, correction. What I meant is that red light is scattered away, which is why when light is bent, red wavelengths come toward us like during sunrise and sunset (thus it's red then, but blue otherwise). I explain Rayleigh scattering all the time so I promise this is a typo 🤦‍♀️

howardoark.bsky.social•7 days ago

I’ve often thought that the moon being exactly the right size to eclipse the sun is an inside joke from the team that programmed the Matrix.

Is that light reflecting around the entire earth just refracted daylight? Shouldn’t the earth occlude the entire sun? You did say totality lasts 2 hr. Thanks

astropartigirl.bsky.social•7 days ago

Yep, it bends around the earth because of its atmosphere. I saw somewhere someone put it very nicely, something like al the sunrises and sunsets around the world at that moment.

howardoark.bsky.social•7 days ago

Dang - I was hoping it was a glitch in the Matrix.

mpoessel.de•7 days ago

Blue light is scattered away more efficiently, no? And red light left over (in a sunrise/sunset) situation, coming towards us?

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