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Credit & Copyright: Rui Santos
(Living Impressions)
Explanation:
This total solar eclipse appeared not only poetically beautiful but scientifically interesting.
Usually the
solar corona appears white, and to
some observers the corona of last week's total solar eclipse did appear
this pearly color.
But this time, totality observers in Spain saw a corona that appeared unusually golden.
For one reason, from
Spain,
the totality occurred when the setting Sun was near the horizon.
That low, sunlight travels through a large amount of
air which scatters out blue light.
An unusual amount of
smoke in the air from nearby
forest fires
acted as a second filter,
further scattering the
remaining blue tones and deepening the already gold-dominated
light.
The HDR-processed, multiple-exposure
featured image was captured from
Benavente,
Spain last week.
One thing that did not appear golden was a
hydrogen-glowing
prominence that hovered over the
Sun's left edge --
its original
bright pink color survived.
Gallery:
Solar Eclipse of 2026 August 12
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NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Sun - eclipse
Publications with words: Sun - eclipse
See also:
- APOD: 2026 August 13 Á Total Solar Eclipse Over Spain
- APOD: 2026 August 9 Á Contemplating the Sun
- APOD: 2026 August 6 Á New Sharpest Image of the Sun Uncovers Instability
- APOD: 2026 February 11 Á A Year of Sunspots
- APOD: 2026 February 8 Á Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun
- APOD: 2025 December 7 Á The Sun and Its Missing Colors
- APOD: 2025 May 21 Á International Space Station Crosses the Sun