by APOD Robot » Thu Jul 04, 2019 4:07 am
In the Shadow of the Moon
Explanation: On July 2 denizens of planet Earth could
stand in the Moon's dark umbral shadow during South America's 2019 total solar eclipse. It first touched down in the Southern Pacific Ocean, east of New Zealand. Racing toward the east along a narrow track, the shadow of the Moon made landfall along the Chilean coast with the Sun low on the western horizon. Captured in the foreground here are long shadows still cast by direct sunlight though, in the final
moments before totality began. While diffraction spikes are from the camera lens aperture, the almost totally eclipsed Sun briefly shone like a beautiful
diamond ring in the clear, darkened sky.
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