格陵兰岛上空的日全食

探索宇宙（Universe）！每天都会展示一张关于我们迷人宇宙的不同图像或照片，并附上一段由专业天文学家（Astronomer）撰写的简短说明。

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

说明：8月12日，月球（Moon）的阴影触及了我们美丽的地球（Earth）。它始于北冰洋，沿着一条狭窄的轨迹扫过，将黑暗的月球本影带向格陵兰岛、冰岛、大西洋、葡萄牙和西班牙北部部分地区。对于那些在月球阴影下且天空晴朗的地球居民来说，他们有幸目睹了一场日全食（Total solar eclipse）。在海上避开恶劣天气并于格陵兰岛东海岸的 Rype Fjord（坐标 71.07055N, 27.71252W）登陆后，这张来之不易的照片于 17:33:26 UTC 被拍摄下来。这接近全食带（Path of totality）内天空初晴的区域，因此这张照片很可能是首批观测到日全食无遮挡景象的影像之一。透过云层的缝隙，这张令人惊叹的照片还记录了此次食（Eclipse）中短暂出现的金刚石环（Diamond ring）以及在全食开始时刻显现的壮丽日冕（Solar corona）。

Explanation: On August 12, the Moon's shadow reached out to touch our fair planet. Beginning in the Arctic Ocean, it swept along a narrow track that led the dark lunar umbra across parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal, and northern Spain. And for a moment, denizens of Earth who found themselves with clear skies under the shadow of the Moon could witness a total solar eclipse. After dodging the weather by sea and making a landing along Rype Fjord on the Greenland east coast (at 71.07055N, 27.71252W), this hard-won snapshot was captured at 17:33:26 UTC. That's near the initial reach of clearing skies along the path of totality, so the image is likely one of the first unobstructed views of the totally eclipsed Sun. Through a break in the clouds, the stunning photo also records one of this eclipse's transient diamond rings and the magnificent solar corona emerging near the moment totality began.