One second, perhaps, remains to the total eclipse beginning.
Now the moment in which it is possible to see so-called
diamond ring comes. The diamond ring is a narrow crescent of shining solar
photosphere so thin that it is possible to look at it without any eye protection
with no risk of eyes damage. The diamond ring telescope view is impressive.
It really looks like the necklace of precious stones glittering in dazzling
sunshine. The image, you are lookig at, is the result of complicated mathematical
processing of the scanned image taken on
Fujicolor Superia 800 film.
The processing removed all image degrading optical effects caused by the
diamond ring extreme contrast in comparison to dark surroundings. But even this
image is not the same that human eyes can see in the telescope eyepiece. Even the
the best nowadays films are not able to manage the enormous contrast between
dazzling photosphere (diamond ring) and subtile corona. The only solution
is to use more images taken later for improving the corona display. Of
course, it needs some mathematics and a lot of computer work. Finally it makes
possible to create
image very similar to
the telescope view.
