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Summary:
On June 12, 2009, Russia's Sarychev Peak volcano erupted, hurling
an enormous plume of ash and sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere.
This has produced some unusually beautiful sunrises and sunsets
around the northern hemisphere. When the sun goes down, delicate
ripples
of white appear over the western horizon. Then, as twilight
deepens, the sky turns a lovely shade of "volcanic lavender."
Fine
volcanic aerosols in the stratosphere scatter blue light which,
when mixed with ordinary sunset red, produce the lavender hue.
Other signs to look for include a bright yellow "twilight
arch" and long crepuscular rays and shadows.
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Photographer,
Location |
Images |
Comments |
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Benjamin
Poupard,
Merfy, near Reims, France
Jun. 30, 2009 |
#1 |
Difficult
to stay concentrated on the Moon with such a dramatic sunset
!
Photo
details: Konica Milnolat Dynax 5D, 100 ISO, 1/15s
exp. automatic white balance, and NO post-color corection
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Paul
Laak,
Republic, Washington
Jun. 30, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4, more |
I
had read about the white ripples of volcanic sunsets just
that morning. And there they were that next night! |
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Paul
Seifert,
Fargo, ND
Jun. 30, 2009 |
#1 |
Taken
out my apartment window with a Pentax K100D and 16-45mm
lens (set at 16mm). Note the shadows on the right from lower
clouds. |
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Rafael
Gallego,
Carrión de los Céspedes, Sevilla, España (Spain)
Jun. 30, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4 |
Hello
everybody!!! As every day, I checked the Spaceweather.com
web this afternoon. I read the volcanic sunset news, and
thought "I wish the ash come down to this latitude" (I live
in Carrión de los Céspedes, Seville, Spain, 37.2210°N, 6.1940°W...
no good place to see noctilucent clouds, for example). So,
no hope to see this beautiful sunset... But, later, near
the sunset, I went out and I could see some strange clouds,
"ripples of white"!!! "Wow!! If is this the previous to
the volcanic sunset?" I thought, so I waited a while and
"voilà", the purple sunset showed to me. Unbelievable, It
was perfect and so beautiful...
Photo
details: Sony DSC-V1 camera, a compact camera,
5 mpx, 100 ASA, with differents exposures. Enjoy it!! I
did it!! |
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John
Bunyan,
Golden State Star Party. Adin, CA
Jun. 23, 2009 |
#1,
more |
One
of the most beautiful sunsets I've seen. |
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Doug
Zubenel,
Kill Creek Park just south of De Soto, Kansas.
Jun. 29, 2009 |
#1,
#2, #3,
#4 |
Yesterday
afternoon I could see a faint band of ash from Sarychev
Peak stretched low across the northern horizon, and tonight
enough of it had moved south to create these twilight phenomena.
Photo
details: Canon Rebel XTi with 50, 16, and 300mm lenses @
ISO 100. |
more
images: from
Jurgen de Boer of Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands; from
Jens Sveistrup of Birkerød, Denmark; from
Doug Zubenel of Western Lenexa, Kansas; from
Stephen Ames of Hodgenville, Kentucky; from
Viktor Voropaev of Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, Russia;
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