Yostivanich

Dur­ing a total solar eclipse, the Sun’s exten­sive outer atmos­phere, or corona, is an inspi­ra­tional sight. Sub­tle shades and shim­mer­ing fea­tures that engage the eye span a bright­ness range of over 10,000 to 1, mak­ing them noto­ri­ously dif­fi­cult to cap­ture in a sin­gle pho­to­graph. But this com­pos­ite of 7 con­sec­u­tive dig­i­tal images over a range of expo­sure times comes close to reveal­ing the crown of the Sun in all its glory. The tele­scopic views were recorded from the Isla de Pas­cua Easter Island dur­ing July 11’s total solar eclipse and also show solar promi­nences extend­ing just beyond the edge of the eclipsed sun. Remark­ably, fea­tures on the dim, near side of the New Moon can also be made out, illu­mi­nated by sun­light reflected from a Full Earth.

via APOD – The Crown of the Sun. What you wind up with is a remark­ably beau­ti­ful image.