Jan 25, 2010: Zodiacal Light

glatt · 01-25-2010, 09:17 AM

Actually, the egg could be in the sea. La Silla is about 40 miles from the Pacific ocean. Using Google Earth, you can see that the ocean is visible from there.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2010, 11:10 AM

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The photograph was taken at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile in September 2009, facing west some minutes after the Sun had set. A sea of clouds has settled in the valley below La Silla, which sits at an altitude of 2400 metres, with lesser peaks and ridges poking through the mist.

The yellow fried egg is the sun shining through the clouds from below.

01-25-2010, 09:17 AM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Actually, the egg could be in the sea. La Silla is about 40 miles from the Pacific ocean. Using Google Earth, you can see that the ocean is visible from there. Attached Images Last edited by glatt; 01-25-2010 at 09:22 AM. Reason: Because I was looking at the wrong observatory. LaSilla is even closer to the sea.

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