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Capturing the Stars: Best astrophotography of the last 35 years
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Updated: 2009-07-03 17:26

A Ring of Light Around the Sun

Capturing the Stars: Best astrophotography of the last 35 years

Photographer Miloslav Druckmuller artificially removed the blue sky around the sun’s surface in this image of an eclipse. The result reveals the green hues of the inner ring, or inner corona, which gets its tint from a form of highly ionized iron known as "coronium." [sina.com.cn]