Astronomy Picture of the Day
Credit & Copyright: Koen van Gorp
Explanation: During a total solar eclipse, the Sun's extensive outer atmosphere or corona is an awesome and inspirational sight. The subtle shades and shimmering features of the corona that engage the eye span a brightness range of over 10,000 to 1, making them notoriously difficult to capture in a single picture. But this composite of 33 digital images ranging in exposure time from 1/8000 to 1/5 second comes very close to revealing the crown of the Sun in all its glory. The telescopic views were recorded from Side, Turkey during the March 29 solar eclipse, a geocentric celestial event that was widely seen under nearly ideal conditions. The composite also captures a pinkish prominence extending just beyond the upper edge of the eclipsed sun.
posted by cyouincourt007 at 11:01 PM
2 Comments:
WOW!!!!!!!!!!! That is an amazing photo. Did you take that yourself.
I missed the eclipse here. Darn.
It is a sweet pic,but I didn't take it...underneath the picture give the info : )
credit and copyright posted reference CYA
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