Figure 3-10: R I V U X G
A Total Solar Eclipse (a) This photograph shows the total solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, as seen from Elâziğ, Turkey. The sky is so dark that the planet Venus can be seen to the left of the eclipsed Sun. (b) When the Moon completely covers the Sun’s disk during a total eclipse, the faint solar corona is revealed.
A Total Solar Eclipse (a) This photograph shows the total solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, as seen from Elâziğ, Turkey. The sky is so dark that the planet Venus can be seen to the left of the eclipsed Sun. (b) When the Moon completely covers the Sun’s disk during a total eclipse, the faint solar corona is revealed.
(a: Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.mreclipse.com; b: © 2008 Miloslav Druckmüller, Martin Dietzel, Peter Aniol, Vojtech Rušin)