View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Patrick Prokop in Savannah, Georgia, wrote: "With the opposition of Saturn coming up soon, I was able to capture the ringed planet on the night of June 27, from my backyard." Thank you, Patrick!
July 2019 is Saturn's month. Its opposition is July 9. Both Saturn and Jupiter appear east at nightfall and light up the sky all night. Mercury and Mars sit low in the west at sunset and quickly follow the sun below the horizon. Venus, east at dawn, succumbs to the glare of sunrise. Read more.
The narrow dark blue corridor shows the path of totality; you must be on that path to see a total eclipse. The broader swath shows varying degrees of a partial solar eclipse. The numbers (0.80 to 0.20) indicate how much of the sun’s diameter is covered by the moon. The total eclipse will start at sunrise, at left, and - some 2 2/3 hours later - it'll end at sunset over eastern Argentina. Read more.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Donna Coleman captured this image on the Warterrock Knob Trail, off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was June 21, the day of the solstice. She said: “Beautiful way to end a day of hiking in the mountains of North Carolina.” Thank you, Donna!
