Partial Solar Eclipse: First Glimpse and Maximum

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Shimmerings
Enchanted Learning® Photoblog Posted October 24, 2014 8:36 am

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Partial Solar Eclipse: First Glimpse and Maximum

Two views of the partial solar eclipse of October 23, 2014. In a solar eclipse, the Moon passes in front of the Sun, obscuring the part of the Sun behind it.

The first photo shows the very first glimpse of the eclipse; the small "bite" at the upper right of the Sun is the Moon just starting to pass in front. Clouds had moved in just seconds before the beginning of the eclipse.

The second photo shows the maximum eclipse (here in Seattle). The clouds cleared for a few minutes around the eclipse maximum.

A large sunspot cluster happens to be visible on the surface of the Sun.

23 October 2014 8:36 pm UTC
23 October 2014 9:58 pm UTC

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Date taken: October 23, 2014 Place taken: Mercer Island, WA, USA Mitchell Spector Copyright ©2014 Enchanted Learning, LLC	RELATED IMAGES Transit of Venus 2012 Venus and Jupiter - Conjunction of August 2014 Partial Solar Eclipse: First Glimpse and Maximum Lunar Eclipse of April 4, 2015 Two Views of Totality: The Colorful Lunar Eclipse of September 28, 2015 Transit of Mercury 2016 Solar Prominences During a Total Solar Eclipse First Contact in a Total Solar Eclipse Solar Eclipse: Ten Minutes to Totality Montage of the 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Watching the 2017 Solar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Progression The Sun's Corona During a Total Solar Eclipse Total Lunar Eclipse of January 21, 2019 - Wolf Moon Jupiter and Saturn - Conjunction of December 2020