Solar Eclipse Seen From Kaguya




On February 10, Japan’s Kaguya lunar explorer shot these photos, and high resolution video (actually a NHK HDTV camera) of the Sun hidden by the Moon - or is it Earth? This effect is called Baily's beads, in honour of Francis Baily, who first provided an exact explanation of the phenomenon in 1836.
Found on Pink Tentacle

Comments

Pandabonium said…
For some strange reason, when I look at these pictures, I hear Also sprach Zarathustra playing in my head...

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