During a total solar eclipse , our view of the Sun ’s disk is blocked entirely by the Moon . The Sun ’s corona , however , remains very much in view – a roiling chaplet of spellbinding atmospheric natural action .
The image above was captured by Czech photographerMiloslav Druckmülleron July 22 , 2009 , when the Moon blocked our star topology from prospect for a whopping 6 minutes and 39 second . It was , and will remain , the prospicient total solar occultation of the 21st C . From the Enewetak Radiological Observatory on the Marshall Islands – an archipelago in the northern Pacific Ocean – Druckmüller managed to capture a serial publication of images of our Moon in passage , with the express purpose of photograph not just the Sun ’s block , but the extent and shape of its Saint Ulmo’s fire . write Druckmüller on his blog :
The excursion to Enewetak was a part of the Shadow - tracking Expedition project , which is being organized by me and my girl Hana at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , Brno University of Technology , Czech Republic . The goal of the “ Shadow - trailing expedition ” labor is to obtain observing data from various places during the total solar occultation , which enables to analyse change in the solar corona . The second observe billet was in Suzhou in China . The observing condition at our observing place at Enewetak enable us to realize bulk of our plans . regrettably , in Suzhou it was raining during the eclipse .
The icon you see here are composites , assembled from twelve of photo pack with multiple lenses and a variety of exposure preferences to take the Sun ’s corona into view .
Gorgeous , right ? Here ’s what mess up our brain : according to Druckmüller , all of the perceiver in his chemical group “ group submit that it was the weakest corona they had ever seen . ” all the same , he was capable to captivate image like this one , which show the Sun ’s corona cover outwards to distance of 6 solar radii :
For the full story behind these ikon – including tons more hi - res photos , camera configurations , and task verbal description – chatter Druckmüller ’s website . Tust us , it ’s worth the visit .
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