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“Sun Pillar with Upper Tangent Arc” is copyrighted by Mike Cohea. NASA has permission to show it and we don't, so it isn't on this card.
See it on NASA's siteThis unusual sun pillar, seen in Providence, Rhode Island, fanned out at the top into an upper tangent arc. Sun pillars are columns of light caused by sunlight reflecting off wobbling, hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere. Upper tangent arcs form when sunlight refracts through similar crystals, but with a different orientation.
The Sun on 17 February 2021
NASA SDO took this picture on 17 February 2021, the day itself, not a release date.
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The Sun on your day The Sun on 17 February 2021 See it as a poster -
The Earth on your day The Earth on 17 February 2021 · Himalaya and Tibet See it as a poster -
Released on 17 February 2010 Our Neighbor Andromeda See it as a poster -
Released on 17 February 2010 Fornax Galaxy Cluster See it as a poster -
Released on 17 February 2005 Titan Mosaic - Feb 2005 See it as a poster -
Released on 17 February 2004 Track-and-Trench 2 See it as a poster -
Released on 17 February 2010 The Fornax dwarf galaxy See it as a poster
In tropical astrology, 17 FEB 2021 falls under Aquarius (♒). The sign's window runs from 01-20 through 02-18. Aquarius is home to the Helix Nebula, the closest planetary nebula to Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 17 FEB 2021.
Questions about February 17, 2021
What space photo was released on February 17, 2021?
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for February 17, 2021 was "Sun Pillar with Upper Tangent Arc". It's a photographer's copyrighted image, so we link to it on NASA's site and show the Sun or the Earth that day instead.
What was the Moon's phase on February 17, 2021?
A waxing crescent moon, about 28% lit.
What day of the week was February 17, 2021?
February 17, 2021 was a Wednesday, day 48 of the 365 days in 2021.
What did the Sun and the Earth look like on February 17, 2021?
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory photographed the Sun that day, and NASA's Terra satellite photographed the whole Earth. Both are on this page, next to the card.
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