[Solar Eclipse Observation by NASA]
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
July 11, 2010
Photograph
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
An image of a total solar eclipse taken on July 11, 2010. The image, while taken by a camera, is strikingly similar to the drawing by E.E. Barnard also displayed in this exhibit case. The solar corona can clearly be seen as the moon blocks nearly the entire surface of the sun.