EPOD - a service of USRA

The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


La Palma Pillar

December 19, 2022


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Photographer: Sonia Lucía Suárez Domínguez
Summary Authors: Sonia Lucía Suárez Domínguez; Jim Foster

The photo above features a classic sun pillar as observed just
after sunset from the southern end of La Palma (Canary Islands) on
May 29, 2022. Pillars are reflection phenomenon – sunlight (in this
case) is reflecting off hexagonal ice crystals in high altitude
clouds or off crystals that are free falling in the atmosphere. But for
these wondrous vertical beams to form, the crystals must all be
similarly oriented and tipped a bit in the direction of the viewer.

Fuencaliente, de la La Palma (Canary Islands), Spain Coordinates:
28.483333, -17.833333


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Atmospheric Effects Links

* Atmospheric Optics
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* The Colors of Twillight and Sunset
* Refraction Index
* Image Gallery: Atmospheric Effects
* What is a Rainbow?

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EPOD - a service of USRA

The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


Partial Solar Eclipse of October 25, 2022, Observed over Athens

November 18, 2022


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Photographer: Anthony Ayiomamitis

Summary Author: Anthony Ayiomamitis

We were very fortunate to have had a great stretch of weather here in
Greece during late October that allowed us to observe the second and
final solar eclipse for 2022. This was a partial eclipse, on
October25, but it shaded as much as 86% of the Sun for some
parts of western Siberia. It was visible to residents of Europe,
northeast Africa, the Middle East and western Asia. The eclipse depth
for Athens, Greece, was approximately 38%, with the eclipse having a
duration of two hours and fifteen minutes. Maximum eclipse occurred at
13:42:56 (UT+3 local time). Note, as an added bonus there were three
active solar regions; one at each of the limbs to the east and to
the west (AR3131 and AR3126, respectively) as well as another fainter
group just south of center (AR3130).

Athens, Greece Coordinates: 37.9838, 23.7275


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Sun Links

* NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory
* NASA Solar Eclipse Page
* NOAA Solar Calculator
* The Sun-Earth Connection: Heliophysics
* The Sunspot Cycle
* Solar System Exploration: The Sun
* The Sun Now
* This Week’s Sky

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EPOD - a service of USRA

The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


Summer Storm on the Mediterranean

October 19, 2022


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Photographer: Alessia Scarso
Summary Author: Alessia Scarso
The photo above is a composition of 47 shots taken from my balcony in
Maganuco (Modica), Italy during a late summer thunderstorm on the
Mediterranean Sea. Both the cloud-to-ground lightning and the
cloud-to-cloud lightning was memorable with this storm. Note that
the horizontal lines are the lights of a ship that passed close to the
horizon. Click here to see an animation. Photo taken on August 22,
2022.

Photo details: Sony A7RIII camera; Tamron 70-180 lens; 180 mm; f2.8;
ISO 800; 5 seconds exposure time.

Maganuco (Modica), Italy Coordinates: 36.71762, 14.81083


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Severe Weather Links

* World Severe Weather Information Center
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* Staying Safe Outdoors in Severe Weather
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* Patterns of Lightning Activity
* US National Weather Service

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