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Total Solar Eclipse of 1999 Aug. 11. Baily's Beads and Prominences

author: F.Espenak/Novapix

reference: a-sol10-00835

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 20 cm

In the seconds immediately preceeding (and following) totality, the crescent Sun appears as a series of bright beads. This effect is caused by sunlight shining through deep valleys along the edge of the Moon.

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1999 - ASTRONOMY - BAILY'S BEADS - ECLIPSE - MOON - NEW MOON - PROMINENCE - SOLAR ECLIPSE - STAR - SUN - TOTAL ECLIPSE -