Miguel Claro Creates Eclipse Composite of Sun’s 2 Outer Layers During 8 April 2024 Totality
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Updated · Sky at Night Magazine · May 10
Miguel Claro Creates Eclipse Composite of Sun’s 2 Outer Layers During 8 April 2024 Totality
3 articles · Updated · Sky at Night Magazine · May 10
Portuguese astrophotographer Miguel Claro combined images taken minutes apart during the 8 April 2024 total solar eclipse to produce a composite showing both the Sun’s chromosphere and corona.
Texas observations of the corona were paired with chromosphere shots captured by James Sinclair just before and after totality, avoiding the Moon’s obstruction and delivering what Claro called a realistic single view.
Claro said the image reveals inner-corona loops and streamers that even NASA’s SOHO cannot capture directly because its coronagraph blocks the Sun’s disc.
The composite sits within a broader body of Solar Cycle 25 work from Claro, including a 3-hour-46-minute time-lapse built from more than 500,000 frames that appeared to show a giant solar tornado.
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