Baily's beads | ||||
Baily's beads or pearls of light | Automatic translation | Updated November 10, 2013 | ||
The Baily's beads are visible not on a lunar eclipse, but during an eclipse of the Sun by the Moon. | The diamond ring or diamond Airy is the last portion of the sun silhouetted behind the black disk of the moon. At this point, this image looks like a ring with a diamond shining its thousand lights. It takes place just before or after the eclipse. Image: Total eclipse of the Sun by the Moon, you can see the Baily beads, flash red, diamond ring or diamond Airy, the chromosphere of the Sun embellished by its coronal jets. | |||
Total eclipse of June 21, 2001 | ||||
The shadow of the eclipse of June 21, 2001 crossed the African continent, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Madagascar. Video: Amateur video of the total solar eclipse of 21 June 2001 that lasted more than 4 minutes. It was taken in Zimbabwe (Africa). | ||||
Total eclipse over the Pacific | ||||
The total eclipse of the sun obscured by the moon is always a spectacular event, a rare phenomenon which lasts a little more than six minutes. The longest of the century, that of 22 July 2009 lasted 6 min 39 s. When the landscape into the darkness, the temperature drops suddenly becomes silent nature, insects and birds fall silent and men marvel shouting a big WOW!. | At the top of the blade, sunlight finding ways to sneak through the lunar relief offers magnificent Baily's beads. Image: Above against the black disk halo of golden eclipse taken 15 November 1992 over Queensland, Australia, northern New South Wales. Image Credit & Copyright: Phil HartNB: Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) mathematician, astronomer, surveyor and physicist. He became Astronomer Royal in 1835, author of several theories (theory of rainbows, theory of isostasy), became a member of the Royal Society January 21, 1836. |