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#PhotoOfTheDay: Continuing on some of the best images of #SolarEclipse

Astronauts and photographers captured unforgettable views of Earth and the Sun as the Moon’s shadow swept across North America.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152683/looking-up-and-down-during-the-eclipse

Looking Up and Down During the Eclipse

Astronauts and photographers captured unforgettable views of Earth and the Sun as the Moon’s shadow swept across North America.

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During totality, seen in this photo, the Moon perfectly blocks the bright face of the Sun, leaving the much dimmer #Solar #Corona visible.

This composite was captured in Cleveland, Ohio, over the course of the approximately 2.5 hours it took for the Moon to move across the face of the Sun.

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Sun's Corona

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During totality, glowing loops of plasma called #Solar #Prominences could be seen extending into the corona.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/what-solar-prominence/

What is a solar prominence? - NASA

What is a solar prominence?

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#Plasma is super-hot ionized gas that flows along the tangled and twisted structure of the Sun’s magnetic fields.

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Plasma

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