Total Solar Eclipse, Aug 1, 2008, in Nunavut (Eclipse Begins)

The total eclipse of the Sun, seen over the Canadian Arctic, August 1, 2008. Photographed from an altitude of 27,000 feet from a location 140 km east of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut. Movie by Alan Dyer, taken with a Sony HD video camera. This movie takes us from the start of totality and the first diamond ring, through to past mid-totality. Notice the dramatic and sharply defined edge of Moon's shadow coming in from the right (behind the plane) and catching up to the Sun to begin totality.

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[cosmaxy]

That is awesome, i've never seen mercury like that before.