yesterday, APOD featured the panoramic image below, captured by babak tafreshi, as he cruised along on the deck of a boat at the point of maximum eclipse!
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvrtbPw5LwrT0ZgIy0HS4NMSrUS_XHtSSaW5kyA5uBtAVQicJN13CrSerXoTIUZ1bGRw7-oAJnc9Bjjz1jqbNXHuVsSHo93P-rUD7I-Kjz6sh7T0z_gRaxMDOD4-J0SSyygPHSQ/s400/eclipse_09_ship_panorama.jpg)
notice how the horizon, in every direction, resembles a sunset, as photons from the sun still scatter thru the atmosphere a hundred miles away!
there are some other artistic eclipse photos at spaceweather.com. i particularly like this one by alan dyer:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-2aYAfmHwujZkTu0v3pLLmIgJhHiGy70G3uji4gmfza1UQOyVqSu9BWqUZ70LvVU8yP5p6D8GIEK6qc2EUkzgAnNSrG0H190eTMkJcmIQLbtR42egTcc_oyYlRyaTjK6nkeyYbA/s400/eclipse_Alan-Dyer.jpg)
1 comment:
A bit disappointing the astronomer didn't get any shots, but lets see those photographers write grant proposals.
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