January 17, 2011
Consider this: the iron in your blood was forged in a supernova explosion billions of years ago.
Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio
Birthday · January 17, 2011
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APOD published January 17, 2011. Credit: Chris Kotsiopoulos. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.
Has a new planet been discovered? What is pictured above is a remarkable 24 hour mosaic surrounding a spot on Sounio, Greece, right here on planet Earth. Images taken at night compose the top half of the picture, with star trails lasting as long as 11 hours visible. Contrastingly, images taken during the day compose the bottom of the image, with the Sun being captured once every 15 minutes. The image center shows a Little Prince wide angle projection centered on the ground but including gravel, grass, trees, Saint John's church, clouds, crepuscular rays, and even a signature icon of the photographer -- the Temple of Poseidon. Meticulous planning as well as several transition shots and expert digital processing eventually culminated in this image documenting half of the final two days of last year.
Image credit: Chris Kotsiopoulos