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Lunar Phases :

Lunar Phases

James Pontarelli

Updated: Jun 19, 2012 12:30am PST

Green and BLUE Flash of the SUN : The Green Flash of the Sun is the result of atmospheric distortion of the Sun when it’s low on the horizon.  The photos in this gallery were taken with a focal length of 2200mm at Blind Pass between Sanibel and Captiva Islands, FL.  The atmosphere was unusually clear and allowed blue light to reach the camera.  More often particles in the atmosphere will filter out blue light and green is the last color seen in the flash.  A Blue Sun Flash is VERY rare.

Green and BLUE Flash of the SUN

photorick

The Green Flash of the Sun is the result of atmospheric distortion of ...

Updated: Jun 10, 2012 8:36pm PST

Venus Transit 2012 : Pictures of the rare astronomy event, Venus transit across the sun which occured on June 6, 2012.  Pictures taken in Abu Dhabi UAE

Venus Transit 2012

Nik Syahron

Pictures of the rare astronomy event, Venus transit across the sun whi ...

Updated: Jun 06, 2012 1:18pm PST

The Venus Transit 2012 : The Transit of Venus as seen from Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. Good job to the Erie Planetarium and Edinboro University for setting this up and was nice to see alot of the members of the Erie County Mobile Observers Group. We got really lucky the skies cleared just in time. Loved seeing all of the very creative ways to view this rare and last of our lifetime celestial event.

The Venus Transit 2012

Marty

The Transit of Venus as seen from Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. ...

Updated: Jun 06, 2012 8:57am PST

Galaxies :

Galaxies

astro-ccd-apn

Updated: May 13, 2012 2:01pm PST

Amas :

Amas

astro-ccd-apn

Updated: May 02, 2012 5:11am PST

Deep Sky Astrophotography :

Deep Sky Astrophotography

weatherandsky

Updated: Apr 30, 2012 8:17pm PST

Galaxies :

Galaxies

astro-ccd-apn

Updated: Apr 28, 2012 1:44pm PST

Amas :

Amas

astro-ccd-apn

Updated: Apr 28, 2012 1:37pm PST

Nébuleuse :

Nébuleuse

astro-ccd-apn

Updated: Apr 28, 2012 8:49am PST