Sunday, June 21, 2009

Naturally Beautiful


A total solar eclipse is seen in Jiuquan, in China's western Gansu province Friday Aug 1, 2008.



A bird flies in the sky as a solar eclipse is seen in Xiangfan in central China's Hubei province Friday Aug. 1, 2008.




Another view of a total solar eclipse as seen in Jiuquan, in China's western Gansu province Friday Aug. 1, 2008.



The total solar eclipse is observed above the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008



The partial solar eclipse is seen, pictured through the telescope of the observatory of the University of Applied Science in Kiel, northern Germany, on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008




The moon partially covers the sun over the Orthodox Church during a solar eclipse seen in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.



The moon partially covers the sun the during a solar eclipse observed in Kabul, Afghanistan , Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.



Partial solar eclipse is seen against a crescent of Islamabad's grand Faisal mosque in Pakistan on Aug 1, 2008




A woman looks at the moon partly covering the sun, during a partial solar eclipse, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008



A bird flies by, as the moon partially covers the sun, during a partial solar eclipse in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008.

Incredible, aren't they? I found them while scrolling around the internet, looking at pictures from space on Canoe.ca news the other night. I have more, pictures taken by the Hubble telescope, but that is for another time. God's creation is so amazing!

1 comment:

Michele said...

Astronomy is one of my very favorite hobbies!