Ring of Fire in the Sky
Portuguese photographer Rui Santos captured this shot of the recent solar eclipse.
Stunning. Here’s what makes this shot look a little different from other eclipse photos; from APOD:
Usually the solar corona appears white, and to some observers the corona of last week’s total solar eclipse did appear this pearly color. But this time, totality observers in Spain saw a corona that appeared unusually golden. For one reason, from Spain, the totality occurred when the setting Sun was near the horizon. That low, sunlight travels through a large amount of air which scatters out blue light. An unusual amount of smoke in the air from nearby forest fires acted as a second filter, further scattering the remaining blue tones and deepening the already gold-dominated light.
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