It was so nice of the flight crew to slow everything down for a while. There are some opportunities in life that you just can’t pass up. This was certainly one of them.
If you are lucky enough to see a solar eclipse, make sure you protect your eyes and never look directly at the Sun at any point without proper protection. This year it’s too late to use the Russian ways of observation, but it can come in handy in the future.
This how Earth look like during a Total Solar Eclipse, from space. The totality occurring over Greece and part of Turkey.
Using an ultraviolet camera, people on the street were shown how the sun sees them. Under UV light your skin may look more different than you think.
This timelapse video shows how magnificent the sun can really be. Everything in 4K!
People can be divided into two types, early birds and night owls. I’m definitely the second type. But I must admit that these stunning photos of sunrises could make me leave bed earlier than usual.