Astronomy Picture of the Day

   [1]Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
      fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation
                    written by a professional astronomer.

                                2026 August 9
    [2]A light disk is visible on the lower left but the rest of the disk
    is eclipsed by a darker disk of the same apparent size. At the bottom
     of the image are the silhouettes of several people. Please see the
                 explanation for more detailed information.

                            Contemplating the Sun
                 Image Credit & Copyright: [3]Steven Gilbert

   Explanation: Have you contemplated your home star recently? Featured
   here, a [4]Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also
   seen eclipsed by [5]earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. This
   [6]spectacular menagerie of silhouettes was taken in 2012 from the
   [7]Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near [8]Page, [9]Arizona,
   [10]USA, where park rangers and astronomers [11]expounded on the
   [12]unusual event to interested gatherers. Also, faintly visible on the
   Sun's disk, just to the lower right of the dark Moon's disk, is a
   [13]group of sunspots. A [14]new solar eclipse will occur this week and
   give many people in [15]northern North America, Europe, and
   northwestern Africa a new chance to contemplate a [16]partially
   eclipsed Sun. A thin swath of [17]Earth from [18]Greenland to Portugal
   will further experience a [19]total solar eclipse. An open question is
   whether any [20]meteors from the peaking [21]Perseids will be visible
   during totality.

                     Tomorrow's picture: paired galaxies
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