Monday, February 06, 2006

Can you explain this?

Sunset at the north pole

This is supposed to be a photograph of sunset at the north pole. I thought that the sun and the moon both subtended about a half-degree angle, the picture doesn't look so. This moon could totally eclipse a dozen suns. Is it Photoshop?
Posted by Arun at 9:56 PM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like an "artist's conception" type of picture. The sun probably appears 'smaller' at the North Pole in winter but not that smaller than the moon.

1:24 PM
CapitalistImperialistPig said...

What do you know of the provenance?

8:03 PM
Arun said...

It is all over the web.
E.g., http://www.qmt.org.au/modules/news/article.php?storyid=13

Look for
"Sunset at the North Pole with the moon at its closest point"

6:24 PM
Anonymous said...

Yes, I can explain this :)

It is a digital creation done by myself. Visit my hompage to see the original image and others as well:

Gate to Nowhere

You can get a poster of it at zazzle:

Poster Sunset at the north pole

1:54 PM

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