{"id":555182,"date":"2026-08-01T20:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/555182\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T20:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:43:26","slug":"apod-2026-july-30-red-sun-trough-wildfire-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/555182\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 July 30 – Red Sun trough Wildfire Smoke"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tExplanation:\u00a0This could be the view from an\u00a0exoplanet<\/a>\u00a0orbiting around a\u00a0red dwarf star<\/a>, but it is our own\u00a0Sun<\/a>. This image<\/a> of was taken on July 22, 2026, in the\u00a0Okanagan region<\/a>\u00a0in the Canadian province of\u00a0British Columbia<\/a>.\u00a0Wildfire smoke<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0Pacific Northwest<\/a>\u00a0acted as a\u00a0solar filter<\/a>, allowing the photographer to take this photo of the Sun directly. Several\u00a0sunspots<\/a>\u00a0are also visible in this eerie image; just below and right of the center is\u00a0AR 4493<\/a>, a fast evolving, giant\u00a0active solar region<\/a>\u00a0and sunspot group. The smoke is made of tiny particles that help block and\u00a0scatter<\/a>\u00a0light with bluer\u00a0colors<\/a>, so the light we see coming from the Sun is\u00a0dimmer and redder<\/a>\u00a0than usual (but it is never safe to stare directly<\/a> at the Sun). Sunsets and sunrises are also\u00a0more colorful<\/a>\u00a0because of the smoke. Some\u00a06 billion years<\/a> from now, the Sun will actually start to turn redder as it approaches its\u00a0red giant<\/a> phase.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s picture: interstellar thingy<\/p>\n

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