APOD 1.6

Today's APOD is from the date 10/02/13 on the NASA website

The above picture is of the visible colors created by the sun. This can be obtained through using a complex and high tech stereoscope. A stereoscope is designed to use either a prism or of a kind of film to split light into a visible spectrum for the viewer. The black lines that are seen between the radiant colors are called absorption lines. A basic stereoscope can only see a few lines but this is clearly a highly advanced technological one that can read the data on a far more expanded scale. In fact, it was taken by an observatory called the McMath-Pierce Solar Observatory. This image proves that the sun radiates all visible and several non visible spectrum of colors. Even today, we still have not identified all spectral absorption lines even with our advancements in science and engineering. I chose this image because I like the way that it shows that nature is full of hidden amazing things that we don't even see or know exist yet.