When Venus Rises with the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Emil Ivanov Explanation: This dramatic telephoto view across the Black Sea on June 6 finds Venus rising with the Sun, the planet in silhouette against a ruddy and ragged solar disk. Of course, the reddened light is due to scattering in planet Earth's atmosphere and the rare
transit of Venus didn't influence the strangely shaped and distorted Sun. In fact, seeing the Sun in the shape of an
Etruscan Vase is relatively common, especially compared to
Venus transits. At sunset and sunrise, the effects of atmospheric refraction enhanced by long, low, sight lines and strong atmospheric temperature gradients produce the
visual distortions and mirages. That situation is often favored by a
sea horizon.
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