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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                  2021 December 9   
      
                            A Total Eclipse of the Sun   
        Image Credit & Copyright: Theo Boris, Christian A. Lockwood, David   
                   Zimmerman (JM Pasachoff Antarctic Expedition)   
          Compositing: Zev Hoover and Ronald Dantowitz (MARS Scientific)   
      
      Explanation: Few were able to stand in the Moon's shadow and watch the   
      December 4 total eclipse of the Sun. Determined by celestial mechanics   
      and not geographical boundaries, the narrow path of totality tracked   
      across planet Earth's relatively inaccessible southernmost continent.   
      Still, some enthusiastic and well-insulated eclipse chasers were   
      rewarded with the dazzling spectacle in Antarctica's cold but clear   
      skies. Taken just before the brief totality began, this image from a   
      ground-based telescope inside the edge of the shadow path at Union   
      Glacier catches a glimmer of sunlight near the top of the silhouetted   
      lunar disk. Look closely for the pinkish solar prominences arcing above   
      the Sun's limb. During totality, the magnificent solar corona, the   
      Sun's outer atmosphere, made its much anticipated appearance, seen in   
      the composite view streaming far from the Sun's edge.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space   
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