Gallery | Solar Eclipse May 20 2012 | Spotted eclipse

The view of the eclipse from Alberta, Canada by Mark Langridge, who had a Celestron 8" telescope aimed at it. Using a Canon EOS 60Da camera and a solar filter, this magnified shot shows the edge of the Moon cutting across the bright Sun, itself peppered with sunspots. Don't be fooled by the scale though: those spots are each as big or bigger than the whole Earth!

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