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The sun’s corona is on full display in this composition of 161 photographs taken from Mitchell, Ore., during the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse. </p>
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The sun’s corona is on full display in this composition of 161 photographs taken from Mitchell, Ore., during the August 21, 2017, solar eclipse.
Miloslav Druckmüller, Peter Aniol, Shadia Habbal/NASA Goddard, Joy Ng
Solar eclipses are dramatic events as a rule. But the total eclipse coming on April 8 is going to ratchet up the experience.