What's happening behind that camel? A partial eclipse of the Sun. About six and a half weeks ago, the Moon passed completely in front of the Sun as seen from a narrow band on the Earth . Despite (surely) many camel s being located in this narrow band , only one found itself stationed between this camera, the distant Moon , and the even more distant Sun . To create this impressive superposition , though, took a well-planned trip to the United Arab Emirates , careful alignments, and accurate timings on the day of the eclipse. Although the resulting featured image shows a partially eclipsed Sun rising, the Moon went on to appear completely engulfed by the Sun in an annular eclipse known as a ring of fire . Forward scattering of sunlight, dominated by quantum mechanical diffraction , gives the camel hair and rope fray an unusual glow. The next solar eclipse is also an annular eclipse and will occur this coming June .
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Image Credit & Copyright: Joshua Cripps