This week, I couldn't decide which APOD to examine closely, so I am going to examine two amazing photos.
The first is called "A Total Eclipse at the End of the World", released on APOD 1/15/11. It captures a nice extra along with an amazing astronomical phenomenon. The photographer apparently went to Antarctica to take a picture of a solar eclipse at sunrise back in 2003, but was beat there by several other people. There was no time to move out of the way, so this photo captured an astronomical photographer's back and equipment as well as the intended celestial target.
The second is called "Night and Day above Almost Planet Sounio",released on APOD 1/17/11. It uses trick photography (which is explained when you mouse over it) to make photographs taken from a single point in Greece appear to be from another planet. I liked this one because it shows off human ingenuity, as well as a little bit of humor.
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