Totality
The 2017 Solar Eclipse during totality showing the corona. The image was taken on the shores of Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, Georgia. The sun's corona is a blanket of extremely hot gases made up of hihgly ionized materials, including iron. The actual temperature of the corona is more that 100 times hotter than the surface of the sun, but far less dense and puts out only a small fraction of the light that the surface does, so is difficult to see outside of a total eclipse. It is believed that the sun's magnetic fields serve to heat the corona to this elevated temperature. (1/30 sec at f/8.0, ISO 100) </br> </br>©John Cothron 2017, For consideration only, no reproduction without prior permission.
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