Posted on 04/02/2024 12:18:15 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: Only in the fleeting darkness of a total solar eclipse is the light of the solar corona easily visible. Normally overwhelmed by the bright solar disk, the expansive corona, the sun's outer atmosphere, is an alluring sight. But the subtle details and extreme ranges in the corona's brightness, although discernible to the eye, are notoriously difficult to photograph. Pictured here, however, using multiple images and digital processing, is a detailed image of the Sun's corona taken during the April 20, 2023 total solar eclipse from Exmouth, Australia. Clearly visible are intricate layers and glowing caustics of an ever changing mixture of hot gas and magnetic fields. Bright looping prominences appear pink just around the Sun's limb. A similar solar corona might be visible through clear skies in a narrow swath across the North America during the total solar eclipse that occurs just six days from today
For more detail go to the link and click on the image for a high definition image. You can then move the magnifying glass cursor then click to zoom in and click again to zoom out. When zoomed in you can scan by moving the side bars on the bottom and right side of the image.
I wonder what that would look like in three dimensions.
That photo is literally a work of art: not only nature’s work of art, but the photographer’s as well. Outstanding.
And to think that there are billions of galaxies, each with millions or billions of stars...each like this and with untold planets and untold posts on the internet by observers...
Wow:
This is probably a dumb question, but couldn’t someone put a disk on the camera lens and block the sun? Would doing that allow the full corona to be seen?
I am not a photographer!
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