Totality awesome!

  • Totality awesome!
    Totality awesome!
  • Totality awesome!
    Totality awesome!
  • Totality awesome!
    Totality awesome!
  • Totality awesome!
    Totality awesome!
  • Totality awesome!
    Totality awesome!
  • The orbit of the Moon gradually placed it directly in line with the Sun on Apr. 8, creating a total solar eclipse, as seen in these images taken Monday afternoon at Crab Orchard Lake in southern Illinois.
    The orbit of the Moon gradually placed it directly in line with the Sun on Apr. 8, creating a total solar eclipse, as seen in these images taken Monday afternoon at Crab Orchard Lake in southern Illinois.
  • The Sun and Moon line up perfectly during totality April 8 near Carbondale, Ill. The solar flares along the Sun’s perimeters are called prominences, which can extend as far as 60,000 miles from the surface of the Sun.
    The Sun and Moon line up perfectly during totality April 8 near Carbondale, Ill. The solar flares along the Sun’s perimeters are called prominences, which can extend as far as 60,000 miles from the surface of the Sun.
It’s hard not to cheer, chant, or perhaps even choke back a few tears upon witnessing Ol’ Man Sol temporarily disappear behind the passing moon while we here on Earth are temporarily plunged into daytime darkness. It really is that moving for many observers.The eclipse phenomenon is simply(!) a matter of geometry, typically created two to five times a year somewhere around the world when the Moon…

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