A Total Eclipse of the Sun

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December 9th, 2021.
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A total eclipse of the sun.
Theo Boris, Christian A. Lockwood, David Zimmermann, and others are pictured.
Zev Hoover and Ron Dantowitz wereCompositing.

Few were able to watch the total eclipse of the Sun on December 4. The narrow path of totality tracked across the southernmost part of the planet was determined by the mechanics of the stars. Eclipse chasers were rewarded with a dazzling spectacle in the cold but clear skies. A ground-based telescope inside the shadow path at Union Glacier caught a glimpse of the sun near the top of the moon. There are solar prominences above the Sun's limb. The solar corona, the Sun's outer atmosphere, was seen in the view far from the Sun's edge.

The picture is in space.

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Discover the universe! Each day a different image or photograph of our universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by an astronomer.

December 10, 2021.
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There is an Eclipse on a polar day.
The image is copyrighted by Stephanie Ziyi Ye.

The sun stays above the horizon for periods of 24 hours or more during polar day. This fisheye timelapse image shows the Sun in multiple frames as it completes a circle in the summer sky above Union Glacier. Even though the Sun was above the horizon, Union Glacier's sky grew dark. The Sun is at the bottom of the view during the brief period of totality. The moon's shadow is visible near the edge of the eclipse path.

Tomorrow's picture is light-weekend.

Robert Nemiroff is an author and Jerry Bonnell is an editor.
Phillip Newman has specific rights.
NASA has a privacy policy on the internet.
There is a service at NASA.
& Michigan Tech. U.