Rising Tide Images
Cloudy Eclipse
It has been said that optical astronomy from the surface of the earth is like bird watching from the bottom of a lake. My view of this partial solar eclipse phenomena was completely obscured by clouds for most of the event and this image was photographed through a muddling layer of cloud. The cluster of sunspots near the center of the sun adjacent to the lunar umbra was designated as AR3842. Its twisted magnetic polarity was highly energetic creating an X-class solar flare that will likely produce geomagnetic storms and auroras within the next several days. 02 October 2024.
Cloudy Eclipse
It has been said that optical astronomy from the surface of the earth is like bird watching from the bottom of a lake. My view of this partial solar eclipse phenomena was completely obscured by clouds for most of the event and this image was photographed through a muddling layer of cloud. The cluster of sunspots near the center of the sun adjacent to the lunar umbra was designated as AR3842. Its twisted magnetic polarity was highly energetic creating an X-class solar flare that will likely produce geomagnetic storms and auroras within the next several days. 02 October 2024.