<p><img src='http://unitedyam.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/measuring-polarization-of-coronal-light-during-a-total-solar-eclipse.jpg' width='84' height='63' alt='Measuring polarization of coronal light during total solar eclipse; colors indicate polarization or orientation of light, and white features have no polarization' border='0' align='left' /></p><p>The sun’s corona -- its outermost atmosphere -- is typically only visible to the naked eye during a total solar eclipse. The SwRI-led Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 project evaluated special cameras to measure the polarization of coronal light during the April 2023 total ...</p><p>This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.</p>
The sun’s corona — its outermost atmosphere — is typically only visible to the naked eye during a total solar eclipse. The SwRI-led Citizen Continental-America Telescopic Eclipse (CATE) 2024 project evaluated special cameras to measure the polarization of coronal light during the April 2023 total …
This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item.