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Partial solar eclipse on 29th April 2014, as viewed from Brisbane, Australia. This is a stack of images taken about 3 minutes apart. This image was selected as NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" for 1st May 2014. See apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140501.html.

 

It was also published in the book "Totality: The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024" by Mark Littman and Fred Espenak (2017, Oxford University Press), and in the Czech popular astronomy journal Astropis (volume 2/2014).

 

This image won an Honourable Mention award at the 2014 David Malin Awards, which is the premier astrophotography competition in Australia. Details here:

 

www.parkes.atnf.csiro.au/news_events/astrofest/awards/201...

 

 

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Taken on April 29, 2014