Yesterday’s Solar Eclipse

There are so many beautiful photographs of solor eclipses and the more you see them, more they blend together… Black circle, white shining light, lens flairs and so on. But this picture is absolutely stunning. The color, the clouds and the timing of the shot is amazing. I found this through thedw.com but it is held on flickr and taken by a guy who calls himself Heavens Gate.

You can find out more about solar eclipses on NASA’s site, as well as a list of upcoming eclipses.

A few side notes I found at wiki: This solar eclipse was the longest total solar eclipse to occur in the 21st century, and will not be surpassed in duration until 13 June 2132. Totality lasted for up to 6 minutes and 39 seconds, with the maximum eclipse occurring in the ocean at 02:35:21 UTCabout 100 km south of the Bonin Islands, southeast of Japan. The uninhabited North Iwo Jima island was the landmass with totality time closest to maximum, while the closest inhabited point was Akusekijima, where the eclipse lasted 6 minutes and 26 seconds.^[13]