Total Solar Eclipse (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Total Solar Eclipse

Caption

A total solar eclipse is the only time you can see the ghostly-white solar corona (the Sun’s outer atmosphere) with your own eyes, and the only time we can view the innermost part of the corona.

Credit

NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

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License

Public Domain

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