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Composite image of the total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. A hybrid solar eclipse is a combination of a total, partial and annular solar eclipse but it’s impossible to experience both an annual and total solar eclipse during a hybrid event, so you have to make a choice! (Image credit: Alan Dyer/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images) A hybrid solar eclipse is a very rare and strange astronomical event — and there’s one coming soon on April 20, 2023. Talk to most eclipse -chasers and they’ll tell you that there are three types of solar eclipse . The first is a partial eclipse of the most common and the least impressive because the moon merely blocks out part of the sun sending a shadow — the penumbra — across a swathe of Earth.The second is an annular solar eclipse , where the moon blocks out the center of the sun, but leaves a circle of light from the sun visible from within a shadow called the antumbra. It’s often called a “ring of fire”. The th...

Over 200 million Americans saw the August 2017 total solar eclipse , but none had a finer vantage point than photographer Jon Carmichael. He spent years devising a unique method of capturing the entire eclipse , finally merging his interests in photography, Astronomy , and aviation. This is the second best photograph of Solar Eclipse. (Credit: Colleen Pinski) “I wondered if I got up high enough, could I actually see the moon’s shadow move across the Earth’s surface at 2,000 mph? That’s what I really wanted to see,” Carmichael tells My Modern Met. “And as a photographer, I wondered, can I actually capture this beautiful fleeting moment in our country from a unique perspective? This was the most photographed moment in History , so as a professional photographer that’s a lot of pressure.” After carefully examining the eclipse route, the photographer discovered that Southwest Airlines had a trip from Portland to St. Louis that would place him in prime...