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During rare cloudy weather, a vivid red sunset reflects off the dome of the international Gemini Observatory’s Gemini South telescope in Chile, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab.
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English: During rare cloudy weather, a vivid red sunset reflects off the dome of the international Gemini Observatory’s Gemini South telescope in Chile, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab. In this image, sunlight is scattered and reflected by gas, dust and particulates in the Earth’s atmosphere and spreads an artist’s palette of red and orange colors across the sky as the Sun sets over Chile’s Pacific coast. Fortunately, the nearby clouds reflecting these colors cleared out in time for the 8.1-meter Gemini primary mirror to collect starlight and complete a productive night of science observations — but not before treating the observatory staff to this dazzling display. |
Date | Taken on 16 July 2015 |
Source | Sunlight Paints a Crimson Sky Over Gemini South |
Author | International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Tafreshi |
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Credit/Provider | International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Tafreshi |
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JPEG file comment | During rare cloudy weather, a vivid red sunset reflects off the dome of the international Gemini Observatory’s Gemini South telescope in Chile, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab. In this image, sunlight is scattered and reflected by gas, dust and particulates in the Earth’s atmosphere and spreads an artist’s palette of red and orange colors across the sky as the Sun sets over Chile’s Pacific coast. Fortunately, the nearby clouds reflecting these colors cleared out in time for the 8.1-meter Gemini primary mirror to collect starlight and complete a productive night of science observations — but not before treating the observatory staff to this dazzling display. |
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File change date and time | 14:43, 7 April 2020 |
Serial number of camera | 3000447 |
Lens used | 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 |
Date and time of digitizing | 22:36, 16 July 2015 |
Date metadata was last modified | 09:43, 7 April 2020 |
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Unique ID of original document | E889E002A2B782F4E48D64F44F2D16AE |
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