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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня Солнечное затмение в Зимбабве http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1181202/eng |
Credit & Copyright: Murray Alexander
Explanation:
Normally hidding from view in the glare of the Sun,
the shy solar corona came
out to play Wednesday
as a total solar eclipse graced morning skies
over southern Africa.
This telescopic image of the
Sun's corona or outer atmosphere
shimmering around the
silhouetted
Moon was recorded near the centreline of the
total eclipse path, 10 kilometers north of Beitbridge, Zimbabwe.
At that location, near the
Zimbabwe - South Africa border,
the total phase pictured here lasted a leisurely one minute and 23 seconds.
Zimbabwean photographer Murray Alexander
reported that fortunately no clouds
interfered but few people
were present, while many watching from the
South Africa side were clouded out.
Still, if you missed
this geocentric celestial event,
just wait until next year.
Two solar
eclipses and two
lunar
eclipses are on planet Earth's
schedule
for 2003, along with a
transit of Mercury.
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Robert Nemiroff
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Jerry Bonnell
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