{"id":24615,"date":"2021-12-09T05:56:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T05:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=24615"},"modified":"2021-12-09T05:56:17","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T05:56:17","slug":"a-total-eclipse-of-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=24615","title":{"rendered":"A Total Eclipse of the Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/image\/2112\/SOLARECLIPSE2021FORDISTROHighRes1024.jpg' style='max-width:600px;' \/><\/p>\n<div>Few were able to stand in the Moon&#8217;s shadow and watch the December 4 total eclipse of the Sun. Determined by celestial mechanics and not geographical boundaries, the narrow path of totality tracked across planet Earth&#8217;s relatively inaccessible southernmost continent. Still, some enthusiastic and well-insulated eclipse chasers were rewarded with the dazzling spectacle in Antarctica&#8217;s cold but clear skies. Taken just before the brief totality began, this image from a ground-based telescope inside the edge of the shadow path at Union Glacier catches a glimmer of sunlight near the top of the silhouetted lunar disk. Look closely for the pinkish solar prominences arcing above the Sun&#8217;s limb. During totality, the magnificent solar corona, the Sun&#8217;s outer atmosphere, made its much anticipated appearance, seen in the composite view streaming far from the Sun&#8217;s edge. via NASA <a href=\"https:\/\/apod.nasa.gov\/apod\/ap211209.html\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few were able to stand in the Moon&#8217;s shadow and watch the December 4 total eclipse of the Sun. Determined by celestial mechanics and not geographical boundaries, the narrow path <a href=\"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/?p=24615\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"Layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[10,12],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","post-24615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-whatsup","tag-ifttt","tag-nasa"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24615"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24616,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24615\/revisions\/24616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/finn-family.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}