Taking in the Eclipse – Beacon Hill Times

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Taking in the Eclipse – Beacon Hill Times

Phillips Street resident Rob Whitney took this picture through a Celestron telescope in Newport, VT, whichis close to the Canadian border. “The Baily’s Beads effect is a phenomenon where sunlight peaks through a valley on the surface of the moon,” wrote Whitney. “During Monday’s eclipse, you could see a small Baily’s Bead at the bottom of the sun around the corona, which is the outermost layer of the sun and what produced the ring of light when …