Total solar eclipse,1860. Series of images of the Sun during the totality of a total solar eclipse. The disc of the Moon is covering the disc of the Sun so that only the Sun's corona (atmosphere) is visible. This photograph,taken by the British astronomer Warren de la Rue,proved that the flares around an eclipse were solar in origin. The moment of totality lasts for only a few minutes. Total solar eclipses usually occur less than once a year and can only be seen from a small area of the Earth's surface. Photographed in Spain on 18th July 1860 | |
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