Total solar eclipse 16 February 1980

20-cm telescope, ORWO 18x24 cm plate

The image shows a solar eclipse. The light around the moon is the solar white-light corona as observed at Jawala Gera (India) on 1980 February 16. This is the typical configuration of the corona near solar maximum.

Credit: Miroslav Druckmüller, Vojtech Rušin, Peter Zimmermann

Source: Eclipse Photography Home Page