When a total eclipse of the sun occurs over one of the world's greatest observatories, you know someone's going to take a good picture. Maybe even a "dream shot." Here it is:
Petr Horálek took the picture overlooking ESO's La Silla Observatory during the July 2nd total eclipse in Chile. "This was definitely my 'dream shot'," says Horálek. "The weather was just perfect, sky clear, wind calm, pleasant chill... and the eclipse--just wow!"
Meanwhile, floating above the clouds at 37,000 feet, Bill Reyna captured his own dream shot:
Meanwhile, floating above the clouds at 37,000 feet, Bill Reyna captured his own dream shot:
"I watched the eclipse from a plane flying through the path of totality," explains Reyna. "The oval shape of the Moon's shadow was visible on the cloudtops."
Browse the Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery for more images from the path of totality, which stretched from the South Pacific across great observatories in Chile to the eastern reaches of Argentina.
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Browse the Solar Eclipse Photo Gallery for more images from the path of totality, which stretched from the South Pacific across great observatories in Chile to the eastern reaches of Argentina.
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