Solar Corona of the 2017 total solar eclipse.
Composite image of the 2017 total solar eclipse, from a range of exposures from 1/1000 second to second, to retain details in the inner corona while bringing out faint streamers in the outer corona fading off into the sky. The blue sky contains several stars, including first magnitude Regulus at left, a rare sight at any eclipse. The disk of the New Moon illuminated by Earthshine is also faintly visible. As such, the image shows a bit more than the eye saw, as the Earthshine is usually not visible to the eye, as it is overwhelmed by the bright inner corona. However, in other respects I have tried to retain a more natural appearance to the merged images, to replicate what the eye did see, both naked eye and through binoculars. I’ve avoided a more garish or overly sharpened image, as interesting and scientificially useful as those can be for revealing the finest structures in the corona. The location was the Teton Valley north of Driggs, Idaho off the West 5000 road on the Wydaho Lane.
Size: 6240px × 4177px
Location: Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Alan Dyer/Stocktrek Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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