Planning, Skill, Luck and Oh My Goodness! (Solar Eclipse APOD)

[SorellaLaBefana]

Today's Astronomy Picture of The Day, self-depreciatingly described as a 'telephoto snapshot', is one of those images many of us can only dream of making.

In dramatic silhouette against a cloudy daytime sky over Paris, France, gargoyles cast their monstrous gaze outward from the west facade of Notre Dame Cathedral. Taken on March 29, this telephoto snapshot also captures the dramatic silhouette of a New Moon against the bright solar disk in a partial solar eclipse...upcoming second eclipse season of 2025 will see a total lunar eclipse on September 7/8 and partial solar eclipse on September 21...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap250405.html

If you happen to be under the eclipse path in September, you might be able to make a similar image—though without Notre Dame Gargoyles as the eclipse will be visible only from the southern hemisphere.

APOD is fundamentally funded by NASA, so by that eclipse season APOD itself may have been eclipsed by the growing Endarkenment of our times and may no longer be bringing such wonders to the world.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a beautiful shot! Thanks for sharing it with us.