SETI Institute on Nostr: #PPOD: The Earth is a tilted top, spinning at an angle (about 23 degrees) as it ...
#PPOD: The Earth is a tilted top, spinning at an angle (about 23 degrees) as it orbits the Sun. Because of this, there are only two times a year when both hemispheres receive light from pole to pole: the equinoctes (the plural of “equinox”). At 05:30 UTC on Sep. 22, 2013—just hours before the actual moment of the equinox—the Russian weather satellite Elektro-L took the photo above, showing our evenly lit planet. Credit: Roscosmos / NTs OMZ / SRC Planeta
#earth #photography #space #science
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