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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

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A Golden Corona Eclipse

Explanation: This total solar eclipse appeared not only poetically beautiful but scientifically interesting. Usually the 

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 appears white, and to some observers the corona of last week’s total solar eclipse did appear 
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. But this time, totality observers in Spain saw a corona that appeared unusually golden. For one reason, from 
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, the totality occurred when the setting Sun was near the horizon. That low, sunlight travels through a large amount of 
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 out blue light. An unusual amount of 
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 from nearby 
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acted as a second filter, 
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 the remaining blue tones and deepening the already gold-dominated 
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. The 
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-processed, multiple-exposure 
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 was captured from
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last week. One thing that did not appear golden was a 
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-glowing 
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 that hovered over the 
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‘s left edge — its original
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 color survived.

Gallery:

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Tomorrow’s picture: fast meteors

Date: August 17, 2026
Credit & Copyright:
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Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Keighley Rockcliffe
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