Ultraviolet Eclipse
This might be the coolest thing you'll see all day. It's a NASA image of our sun seen in "four wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light." Even cooler: The short video includes an eclipse with the moon traveling between the camera and the sun as a small black disk.From the story:
"The images have an alien quality," notes [STEREO program scientist] Guhathakurta. "It's not just the strange colors of the sun. Look at the size of the Moon; it's very odd." When we observe a lunar transit from Earth, the Moon appears to be the same size as the sun—a coincidence that produces intoxicatingly beautiful solar eclipses. The silhouette STEREO-B saw, on the other hand, was only a fraction of the sun's diameter. "It's like being in the wrong solar system."Check out the story and video. Seriously amazing. Even in ultraviolet, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." (Psalm 19:1)


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