Explanation:
How does a total solar eclipse end?
Yes, the Moon moves out from fully
blocking the Sun,
but in the first few seconds of transition,
interesting things appear.
The first is called a
diamond ring.
Light might stream between mountains or through relative lowlands around the
Moon’s edge,
as seen from your location, making this sudden first light,
when combined with the
corona that surrounds the
Moon, look like a
diamond ring.
Within seconds other light streams appear that are called, collectively,
Bailey’s
beads.
In the
featured video, it may seem that the
pink triangular prominence on the
Sun
is somehow related to where the Sun begins to reappear, but it is not.
Observers from other locations saw
Bailey’s beads
emerge from different places around the Moon,
away from the iconic triangular
solar prominence visible to all.
The video was captured with specialized equipment from
New Boston,
Texas,
USA on April
8, 2024.