Eclipse reveals three solar flares and the sun's surface texture
Three solar flares and the texture of the sun's surface were visible to the naked eye during the eclipse; totality lasted just 59 seconds.
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Red flares and the sun's surface: the eclipse with no filters
For a minute, the sun stopped being the usual white, blinding disc. The surface appeared with an orange-yellow texture and, seconds before, a flare stood out against the edge of the Moon. It was a spectacle that lasted less than it takes a traffic light to turn green.
The most detailed observations point to three flares: one large one on the left and two smaller ones on the right, an intense red, all visible to the naked eye. Those who looked in the instant before totality also describe the texture of the surface through the sliver that remained before the «black sun». Then everything disappeared.
The only timed account puts totality between 20:32:32 and 20:33:31. During that span, the Moon covers the solar disc completely: there is no surface or flare, only the corona and a small Moon floating in the glare. The distinction matters: the texture is seen in the seconds before, not during strict totality.
The videos circulating with enormous suns blazing behind the corona do not match what is visible to the naked eye. Those who witnessed it describe a small Moon in the middle of the glare, far from those close-ups. One has to wonder how much of what gets shared is zoom and how much is reality.
For a minute, the sun stopped being the usual white, blinding disc. The surface appeared with an orange-yellow texture and, seconds before, a flare stood out against the edge of the Moon. It was a spectacle that lasted less than it takes a traffic light to turn green.
The most detailed observations point to three flares: one large one on the left and two smaller ones on the right, an intense red, all visible to the naked eye. Those who looked in the instant before totality also describe the texture of the surface through the sliver that remained before the «black sun». Then everything disappeared.
The only timed account puts totality between 20:32:32 and 20:33:31. During that span, the Moon covers the solar disc completely: there is no surface or flare, only the corona and a small Moon floating in the glare. The distinction matters: the texture is seen in the seconds before, not during strict totality.
The videos circulating with enormous suns blazing behind the corona do not match what is visible to the naked eye. Those who witnessed it describe a small Moon in the middle of the glare, far from those close-ups. One has to wonder how much of what gets shared is zoom and how much is reality.
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