Andes Sunset Eclipse

[Swede]

On July 11, after a long trek eastward across the southern Pacific Ocean, the Moon's shadow reached landfall in South America. In a total solar eclipse close to sunset, silhouetted Moon and Sun hugged the western horizon, seen here above the Andes mountains near the continent's southern tip. To enjoy a good vantage point, the photographer hiked to a windy spot about 400 meters above a lake, Lago Argentino, climbing into the picture after setting up his camera on a tripod. At left, the sky outside the shadow cone is still bright. Below, the lights of El Calafate, Patagonia, Argentina, shine by the lake shore.




http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/

[niyad]

1. k and r

[SidDithers]

2. Very cool pic, thanks for posting it...nt`

Sid

[malaise]

3. Absolutely beautiful

Thanks

[eShirl]

4. Wow!

[glitch]

5. Shot of a lifetime! thanks for posting. nt

[Deep13]

6. What's that big, bright spot to the left of the frame and behind the clouds? nt

[FirstLight]

7. that is actually sunlight

what you see at the horizon during eclipse like that at sunset is almost an elliptical shadow streaming from the moon/sun. I saw another pic of the eclipse - a wide shot that actually showed the bowed shadow across the sky

i'll have to look, but it was really cool and almost like an optical illusion!

Edit to add:
check out the slideshow, there's the same 'bowing' effect in the sky
(first & 4th frame)

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/07/photogalleries/100712-total-solar-eclipse-easter-island-2010-pictures