... Baily s Beads near Solar Eclipse Totality . ... As the Moon moves to completely cover the Sun in a total solar eclipse , beads of bright sunlight stream around the edge of the Moon. ... Pictured above, a series of images recorded Baily's beads at times surrounding the recent total solar eclipse visible from Novosibirsk , Russia . ... At the end of totality, as the Sun again emerges from behind the moon, Baily's beads may again be visible -- but now on the other side of the Moon. ...