{"id":10549,"date":"2022-02-03T06:47:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/?p=10549"},"modified":"2022-03-06T07:01:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T23:01:53","slug":"scripps-pier-and-earthshadow-at-dawn-scripps-institution-of-oceanography-la-jolla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oceanlight.com\/log\/scripps-pier-and-earthshadow-at-dawn-scripps-institution-of-oceanography-la-jolla.html","title":{"rendered":"Scripps Pier and Earthshadow at Dawn, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text]One any clear morning, about 20 minutes before sunrise, the Earth’s shadow will appear. \u00a0Here it is depicted against La Jolla’s famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography research pier<\/a>. \u00a0The pinkish band is high enough above the horizon that the sun can reach it, and is actually dust lit by the rising sun. \u00a0For us on the ground, however, the sun is still just below the eastern horizon. 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