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“Diamond and Rubies”. Many features of the Sun only beconme apparent during total eclipses, when the Moon blocks the dazzling birght star from our view. This image depicts the Sun's atmosphere as a diffuse white haze, and further in the Sun's atmosphere appeares in the red light of hyrdrogen. The photographer has captrued the moment when a tiny part of the Sun's dics shines out between the mountains on the edge of the Moon's disc, creating an effect known as the “diamond ring”. Highly commended, Our Solar System category. (Photo by Tunc Tezel, Turkey/The Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 Contest)
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