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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                   2024 April 20   
      
                                Diamonds in the Sky   
                      Image Credit & Copyright: Wright Dobbs   
      
      Explanation: When the dark shadow of the Moon raced across North   
      America on April 8, sky watchers along the shadow's narrow central path   
      were treated to a total solar eclipse. During the New Moon's shadow   
      play diamonds glistened twice in the eclipse-darkened skies. The   
      transient celestial jewels appeared immediately before and after the   
      total eclipse phase. That's when the rays of a vanishing and then   
      emerging sliver of solar disk are just visible behind the silhouetted   
      Moon's edge, creating the appearance of a shiny diamond set in a dark   
      ring. This dramatic timelapse composite from north-central Arkansas   
      captures both diamond ring moments of this total solar eclipse. The   
      diamond rings are separated by the ethereal beauty of the solar corona   
      visible during totality.   
      
                          Tomorrow's picture: perijove 16   
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          Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)   
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