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Astronomy Picture of the Day
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
A Total Eclipse Over Africa
Explanation: What's that dark spot on the Sun? It's the Moon. Last month, on June 21, a total solar eclipse was visible in parts of Africa . In one of the most spectacular records of this eclipse , Cees Bassa captured the setting Sun being eclipsed in a series of multiple exposures from Malambanyama , Zambia . All of the images were taken 20 minutes apart, and all but the central image were taken though a dark solar filter . Without the filter, the central image features the enormous flowing corona that surrounds the Sun . The planet Jupiter can be seen superposed just to the left of the next image after totality.
| Date | July 11, 2001 |
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| Credit | Credit & Copyright: Cees Bassa ( Sterrekundig Instituut Utrecht ) |
| Authors & editors: | Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP) |
| A service of: |
ASD at NASA / GSFC, NASA Science Activation & Michigan Tech. U. |