Photo Agency - Astronomy - Space - Nature

> Fred Espenak gallerie

SlideShow Image 6 / 20

Total Solar Eclipse of 2001 june 21

auteur: F.Espenak/Novapix

référence: a-sol10-01008

Image Size 300 DPI: 30 * 20 cm

Baily's Beads Sequence at 2nd Contact.
The appearance of Baily's beads presages the start of totality. This amazing sequence of five images shows the Sun's crescent breaking up into a series of beads which quickly vanish against a background of spectacular prominences and the chromosphere.

Keywords for this photo:

2001 - ASTRONOMY - BAILY'S BEADS - ECLIPSE - MOON - NEW MOON - PROMINENCE - SOLAR ECLIPSE - STAR - SUN - TOTAL ECLIPSE -