Earth's shadow seen from Paranal
The setting sun casts the Earth's shadow against the haze of the lower atmosphere. Watching from the open enclosure of a VLT, Cerro Amazones' silhouette is seen to the left.
Credit:ESO/H.H.Heyer
About the Image
Id: | po_shadow_dec2004 |
Type: | Photographic |
Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:22 |
Size: | 4943 x 3466 px |
About the Object
Name: | Very Large Telescope |
Type: | Solar System : Sky Phenomenon : Light Phenomenon : Ray-Shadow Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Telescope |
Category: | Paranal |