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A Sunrise at Sunset Point

October 19, 2023

The light from the farthest visible stars set out on its journey long before your first birthday.

A Sunrise at Sunset Point

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APOD published October 19, 2023. Credit: Martin Ratcliffe. A publication-date match, not a photo taken on your date. Independent of NASA.

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A Sunrise at Sunset Point

Original APOD · October 19, 2023

This timelapse series captured on October 14 is set against the sunrise view from Sunset Point, Bryce Canyon, planet Earth. Of course on that date the New Moon caught up with the Sun in the canyon's morning skies. Local temperatures fell as the Moon's shadow swept across the high altitude scene and the brilliant morning sunlight became a more subdued yellow hue cast over the reddish rocky landscape. In the timelapse series, images were taken at 2 minute intervals. The camera and solar filter were fixed to a tripod to follow the phases of the annular solar eclipse. APOD Album: Annular Solar Eclipse of 2023 October

Image credit: Martin Ratcliffe

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