hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)Apr 14, 2024

An AP photographer explains how he captured the moment of eclipse totality #LMOtero #APphotos #AP #eclipse

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One Extraordinary Photo: An AP photographer explains how he captured the total eclipse

Photographer Mat Otero works for The Associated Press in Dallas, Texas, just inside the path of totality for this week's solar eclipse. He created a solar filter and brought three cameras to the Dallas Zoo for the big event. Clouds rolled in. He thought he’d be skunked. Then, for just a few minutes, they parted during totality. Laying on his back with a tripod, he made a spectacular photo, showing the reddish trails of plasma looping off the sun’s surface. The image captured a fraction of a second in time, but Otero says he felt like it was a secret look into the cosmos.

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hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)Nov 18, 2023

Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving #APPhotos #AP #LMOtero #journalism #coral #reef

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Climate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs off the Texas coast are thriving

Far off the Texas coast there is a beautiful surprise in the Gulf of Mexico that draws divers from around the world: a stunning amount of coral coverage on undersea mountains. Sheltered in deep, cool habitat about 100 miles from shore, the coral reefs found in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary are among the healthiest in the world. But scientists say that like all reefs, they are fragile, and their location will only offer protection for so long in the face of a warming climate. The kind of devastating bleaching that has hit other reefs during the summer's record-breaking heat is among the top concerns of the federally protected area's acting supervisor.

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