              APOD: 2017 August 25 - Diamond Ring in a Cloudy Sky

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                                2017 August 25
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                        Diamond Ring in a Cloudy Sky
                 Image Credit & Copyright: Ashley Marando [3]

Explanation: As the Moon's shadow swept across the US on August 21 [4] ,
eclipse chasers in the narrow path of totality were treated to a diamond ring
in the sky. At the beginning and end of totality, the fleeting and beautiful
effect often produces audible gasps from an amazed audience [5] . It occurs
just before or after the appearance of the faint solar corona with a brief
ring of light and glimpse of Sun. In this scene [6] from the end of totality
at Central, South Carolina, clouds drift near the Sun's diamond ring in the
sky [7] .

                    Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space [8]

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