Total solar eclipse. Diamond ring effect during a total solar eclipse. This effect is seen just before or after totality,when a tiny fragment of the solar disc flares out from behind the Moon for a few seconds,looking like a diamond on a ring. A few minutes later,as the Moon completely covers the Sun,the solar corona (a cloud of plasma that surrounds the Sun) will become visible. Normally,the corona is not visible because of the overwhelming brightness of the rest of the Sun. Totality only lasts for a few minutes. Total solar eclipses usually occur less than once a year,and can only be seen from a small area of the Earth's surface. Photographed on 29 March 2006,in Turkey | |
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