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Why isn the corona visible during partial or annular solar eclipses?

April 26, 2017annular Corona eclipses partial solar visible

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Why isn the corona visible during partial or annular solar eclipses?

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We can only see the Sun’s corona when the light from the Sun itself is blocked – as in a total solar eclipse. There are also specialized instruments called “coronagraphs” that block out the light from the Sun but allow the coronal light to come in.