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A Brilliant Image of the Solar Eclipse Wins the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year

16 Sep, 2024

This post was originally published on Colossal

October 14, 2023, marked the annual solar eclipse in the U.S. For photographer Ryan Imperio, the event also ushered in a rare opportunity to capture the progression of Baily’s beads.

Appearing like glimmering rings, Baily’s beads occur when the sun shines through the valleys and craters on the moon’s surface, allowing light to leak through the mass darkening event. Imperio documented the perfect half-rings from a spot in Odessa, Texas, piecing together about 30 images into a brilliant, repetitious composite that won him the 2024 Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

pink and purple bursts appear above a wide-angle shot of mountains
Tom Rae (New Zealand),
”Tasman Gems”

“What an innovative way to map the moon’s topography at the point of third contact during an annular solar eclipse,” said Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn, who judged the competition. “This is an impressive dissection of the fleeting few seconds during the visibility of the Baily’s beads”

Hosted annually by Royal Museums Greenwich, this year’s contest garnered more than 3,500 entries from photographers in 58 countries. From the bright green Aurora Borealis dancing above an Icelandic mountain to the International Space Station transiting the sun, the winning images are a humbling and awe-inspiring glimpse at the vast galaxies and remarkable phenomena in our universe and beyond.

If you’re in London, see this year’s top photos at the National Maritime Museum. Otherwise, find our favorites below.

bright green lights shoot above a mountain with a small stream running to the foreground
Filip Hrebenda (Slovakia), “The Green Kingdom”
a swirling pink and blue galaxy in a black starry sky
Sophie Paulin, Jens Unger, and Jakob Sahner (Germany), “M63, The Tidal Streams Around the Sunflower Galaxy”
a bright pink light illuminates a blue sky above a nighttime cityscape
Michael Steven Harris (UK), “Aurora Borealis over Brighton Seafront”

streaks of lights crisscross the night sky over an illuminated montana elevator building
Matt Jackson (USA), “Big Brother is Watching You”
a horizontal line bisects and abstract image with white lines appearing to be drawn downward and upward
Peter Ward (Australia), “Coronal Chronograph”
the iss flies in front of the sun that bursts and ripples
Tom Williams (UK), “High-Tech Silhouette”
radiant blue tides wash up on a beach with a star studded sky ahead
Petr Horalek (Czechia), “Like Blue Lava”
a translucent blue ball in a red and blue starry sky
Xin Feng and Miao Gong (China), “SH2-308: Dolphin Head Nebula”

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ABB has gained Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) status for its Gearless Mill Drive (GMD) ring motor — technology used to drive large grinding mills in the mining industry.

An EPD is a standardised document that provides detailed information about the environmental impact of a product throughout its life cycle. Based on a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study, the EPD highlights ABB’s commitment to transparency, environmental responsibility and supporting customers in making informed decisions on sustainability in their supply chains.

ABB analysed the environmental impact of a ring motor across its entire life cycle from supply chain and production to usage and end-of-life disposal. The study was conducted for a ring motor of a semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) mill with an installed power of 24 MW and was based on a reference service life of 25 years.

“Sustainability is at the core of our purpose at ABB, influencing how we operate and innovate for customers,” said Andrea Quinta, Sustainability Specialist at ABB. “By earning the Environmental Product Declaration for our ring motor, we emphasise our environmental stewardship and industry leadership for this technology. We adhered to the highest standards throughout this process, as we do in the ABB Ring Motor factory every day. This recognition highlights to the mining industry what they are bringing into their own operations when they work with ABB.”

The comprehensive LCA was conducted at ABB’s factory in Bilbao, Spain, and was externally verified and published in accordance with international standards ISO 14025 and ISO 14040/14044. It will remain valid for five years.

The ring motor, a key component of the GMD, is a drive system without any gears where the transmission of the torque between the motor and the mill is done through the magnetic field in the air gap between the motor stator and the motor rotor. It optimises grinding applications in the minerals and mining industries by enabling variable-speed operation, leading to energy and cost savings.

The full EPD for the ABB GMD Ring Motor can be viewed on EPD International.

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