This eclipse image required 36 hours to blend six separate exposures into one that shows the intricate coronal structure visible to the eye that day.  Of course, no single exposure can hope to capture the full 10,000:1 brightness range between the corona and the sky.  Two large prominences are visible at the one o'clock and two o'clock positions−each much larger than the Earth.  Shot from Salloum, Egypt (Lat = 31^d 35.126^m N;  Long = 25^d 7.617^m E)

Two days after its co-starring role in the eclipse, the crescent moon shone at dusk over the spectacular Temple of Luxor, and a giant colossus of Rameses II.