Diamond Member SpaceMan 0 Posted August 17 Diamond Member Share Posted August 17 APOD This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up APOD: 2026 August 17 – A… This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up APOD 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. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up A Golden Corona Eclipse Explanation: This total solar eclipse appeared not only poetically beautiful but scientifically interesting. Usually the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up appears white, and to some observers the corona of last week’s total solar eclipse did appear This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . But this time, totality observers in Spain saw a corona that appeared unusually golden. For one reason, from This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , the totality occurred when the setting Sun was near the horizon. That low, sunlight travels through a large amount of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up out blue light. An unusual amount of This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up from nearby This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up acted as a second filter, This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up the remaining blue tones and deepening the already gold-dominated This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up . The This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up -processed, multiple-exposure This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up was captured from This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up last week. One thing that did not appear golden was a This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up -glowing This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up that hovered over the This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ‘s left edge — its original This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up color survived. Gallery: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Tomorrow’s picture: fast meteors Date: August 17, 2026 Credit & Copyright: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ( This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up ) Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff, Jerry Bonnell, Cecilia Chirenti, Keighley Rockcliffe A service of: This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up at This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up / This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up & This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Random APOD Generator Yesterday’s Image APOD: 2026 August 16 – Milky Way over Yellowstone This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Tomorrow’s Image This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/325724-nasa-apod-2026-august-17-%E2%80%93-a-golden-corona-eclipse/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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