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                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

    Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our
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                                2024 April 5

                         The Solar Corona Unwrapped
       Image Credit & Copyright: Peter Ward (Barden Ridge Observatory)

   Explanation: Changes in the alluring solar corona are detailed in this
   creative composite image mapping the dynamic outer atmosphere of the
   Sun during two separate total solar eclipses. Unwrapped from the
   complete circle of the eclipsed Sun's edge to a rectangle and mirrored,
   the entire solar corona is shown during the 2017 eclipse (bottom) seen
   from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and the 2023 eclipse from Exmouth, Western
   Australia. While the 2017 eclipse was near a minimum in the Sun's 11
   year activity cycle, the 2023 eclipse was closer to solar maximum. The
   2023 solar corona hints at the dramatically different character of the
   active Sun, with many streamers and pinkish prominences arising along
   the solar limb. Of course, the solar corona is only easily visible to
   the eye while standing in the shadow of the Moon.

             NASA Coverage: Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 8
                       Tomorrow's picture: M51 unwound
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