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Mankind's first glimpse of totality from Antarctica on 23 November 2003.

       
    My first good eclipse shot! Taken in Zambia in June 2001 with a 28mm lens.
       
   

My second good eclipse shot! Totality from the airstrip at Lyndhurst, Outback Australia, 04 December 2002

       
   

A stunning beaded-annular eclipse showing corona from 1984. One of the most exciting solar eclipse images ever produced! Thanks Wendy!

courtesy Wendy Carlos

       
   

Also from Wendy, this composite image of the eclipse in 1995.

courtesy Wendy Carlos

       
    Glorious corona. A splendid shot of the sun's atmosphere from 11 August 1999
       
   

 

Eclipse slips between the clouds. A nice multiple exposure of the various phases of the total eclipse on a single piece of film. Taken near Ceduna, Australia.

 

       
    Click on this superb shot of the "diamond ring" by Geoff Sims from December 2002. Clouds don't have to be a hazard!
       

 

  Coronal perfection! Canadian eclipse chaser Andre Sirois got this great shot in Africa in 2001.
       
    The structure of the corona at any eclipse is a result of the sun's monstrous magnetic field twisting and bending molecules of gas trapped near the sun.
       
    It all begins with the partial phases. Here, the Moon makes its way across the face of the Sun.
       
    A great close up shot of Baily's Beads - sunlight glimmering through valleys on the Moon’s rugged limb.
       
    In August 1999, the corona was composed of long, sword-like streamers that made the eclipse look like a giant crab in the sky.
       
 

So many phenomena - so little time! See all the pink and red prominences from the Sun's chromosphere.

       
    The coronal streamers extend 3 million kilometers into space!
       
    The chromosphere burns brilliantly crimson in this close up from Miloslav Druckmuller.

 

     
Compare coronas!

The shape of the corona varies with the 11-year cycle of solar activity.

many images courtesy of Miloslav Druckmuller. THANKS! All rights reserved.

 

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