                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                                2024 April 7
    A sequence of images showing the Moon covering increasing amounts of
   the Sun is shown, with the center image showing a total solar eclipse.
     The great corona of the Sun can be seen around the dark moon in the
   center image. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.

                     A Total Solar Eclipse over Wyoming
                    Image Credit & Copyright: Ben Cooper

   Explanation: Will the sky be clear enough to see the eclipse? This
   question is already on the minds of many North Americans hoping to see
   tomorrow's solar eclipse. This question was also on the mind of many
   people attempting to see the total solar eclipse that crossed North
   America in August 2017. Then, the path of total darkness shot across
   the mainland of the USA from coast to coast, from Oregon to South
   Carolina -- but, like tomorrow's event, a partial eclipse occurred
   above most of North America. Unfortunately, in 2017, many locations saw
   predominantly clouds. One location that did not was a bank of the Green
   River Lakes, Wyoming. Intermittent clouds were far enough away to allow
   the center image of the featured composite sequence to be taken, an
   image that shows the corona of the Sun extending out past the central
   dark Moon that blocks our familiar Sun. The surrounding images show the
   partial phases of the solar eclipse both before and after totality.

                NASA Coverage: Tomorrow's Total Solar Eclipse
                       Tomorrow's picture: comet tails
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