Image Credit & Copyright: Alex Cherney (Terrastro, TWAN)
Explanation: A dark Sun hung over
Queensland, Australia on Wednesday morning during a much anticipated total solar
eclipse. Storm clouds threatened to spoil the view along the northern coast,
but minutes before totality the clouds parted. Streaming past the Moon's edge,
the last direct rays of sunlight produced a gorgeous diamond ring effect in this scene from Ellis Beach
between Cairns and Port Douglas. Winking out in a moment, the diamond didn't
last forever though. The area was plunged
into darkness for nearly 2 minutes as the Moon's shadow swept off
shore toward Australia's Great Barrier
Reef and out into the southern Pacific. Ranging from 1/4000 to 1/15 seconds
long, five separate exposures were blended in the image to create a presentation
similar to the breathtaking
visual experience of the eclipse.
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