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EARTHDATE: January 31, 2010

Official News page 6


PICTURE OF THE WEEK: SOLAR ECLIPSE

by Hazed

Last July there was a total eclipse of the sun visible in parts of Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Scientists camped out on at atoll in the Marshall Islands where the eclipse lasted for over six minutes, and took a number of photos of the process. They have now combined them into a composite image which shows the sun's corona in amazing detail.

Take a look here.

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