Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. Image credit Steven Gilbert
The spectacular menagerie of silhouettes was taken in 2012 from the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area near Page, Arizona, USA, where park rangers and astronomers expounded on the unusual event to interested gatherers.
Also faintly visible on the Sun’s disk, just to the lower right of the dark Moon’s disk, is a group of sunspots.
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