Sentences with phrase «edge of the sun»

Thus, at the last moments of a sunset we can get a green image of the upper edge of the sun: the green flash.

Therefore, the outer edge of the photosphere looks dark, an effect called limb darkening that accounts for the clear crisp edge of the sun's surface.

Reflective strips at the edge of the sun canopy increase safety on the streets through better visibility.

With the reflective strips at the edge of the sun canopy the Evoglide 1 offers additional safety on the street.

At the beginning and end of the transit, when Mercury's limb is close to the edge of the Sun, it may also be possible to see the «black drop» effect, where a broad line appears to connect the planet to the solar limb.

The edge of the sun just barely peeked past the moon, the shadow rushed across the landscape towards us at almost 3000 kilometres per hour, and then, abruptly, it was dark.

Voyager 1 sent back several different indications that it had punched through the edge of our sun's massive protective bubble inflated by solar wind — the heliosphere — after a 35 - year journey.

I found the knife - edge - sharp seams on the edges of the sun visors particularly poor.

Outside there is a spacious covered porch, huge sun deck and lovely tropical gardens set at the edge of the

tracks the development of the French astronomer Jules Janssen's innovative photographic revolver — a device that was designed to counter human error in timing the crucial moments of Venus's contact with the edge of the sun, and was influential in the development of Etienne Jules Marey's photographic rifle and the Lumiére Brother's cinematograph.

Using footage recorded on location in Hawaii and Tahiti on the occasion of the June 2012 transit of Venus, Black Drop tracks the development of the French astronomer Jules Janssen's innovative photographic revolver — a device that was designed to counter human error in timing the crucial moments of Venus's contact with the edge of the sun, and was influential in the development of Etienne Jules Marey's photographic rifle and the Lumiére Brother's cinematograph.

As Venus nears the edge of the Sun's circumference, the smaller orb appears to stretch to meet the margin, an optical illusion that created a margin of error in even the most sophisticated calibrations of Venus transits.

An expedition may go to Africa to watch an eclipse and find out if starlight really does bend relatively as it passes the edge of the sun.