Polarized View of Solar Corona (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Polarized View of Solar Corona

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Structures in the solar corona are visible in polarized light, such as the dark prominence that can be seen on the bottom right of the Sun captured during the eclipse from Tetonia, Idaho.

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David Elmore and Richard Kautz

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