Hybrid Solar Eclipses are rare.

They are visible from somewhere on the Earth about once per decade and last for about 1 minute.

They also reveal atmospheric layers of our Sun that are deep within the solar chromosphere.

The Hybrid Eclipse seen here from Exmouth, in remote north Western Australia,
was a particularly beautiful example of this fleeting and rare event.

Ruby & magenta coloured prominences, some arched or completely detached
adorn the bright inner solar corona's plasma
which distorts around them like iron fllings around a magnet.

The sight was simply breathtaking.

Astro-Physics AP155 + 4" AP field flattener
Multiple exposure times, ISO 100, EOSR5
Astro-Physics Eagle pier + Mach 2 mount

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