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The ancients were overdramatic and I can see why
The eclipse is passing over my part of the country right now and we just saw totality which was so incredible and so strange that it makes me realize just how much the ancient civilizations must have lost their gourds when this happened. I've seen partial eclipses before but watching one at totality helps me understand just how
f r e a k e d
those people must have been and makes their apocalyptic symbolism seem a lot more justified. Anyway glad we have modern astronomy to reassure us that the world isn't ending heres a really cute really crappy photo from the dumpster fire that is my iphone camera (you can kinda see a little solar flare at the bottom maybe?). Happy Eclipse :)
Last total solar eclipse until 2045.
Czech photographer Miloslav Druckmüller from the Brno University of Technology reveals the awesome beauty of the solar corona with these amazing composite images that he created by using 47 photos taken during a total solar eclipse.
To achieve the crystal clear effect the shots are comprised from some 40+ photos taken with two different lenses. Additional clarity was achieved due to the incredibly remote location chosen to view the eclipse from, a pier just outside the Enewetak Radiological Observatory on the Marshall Islands, smack dab in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. You can see several more images from the project at Druckmüller’s website and don’t miss this much higher resolution version including some 209 stars.
[via Colossal]