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Old 12-05-2013, 03:44 PM
geoffsims (Geoff)
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Thanks everyone! Was certainly a unique opportunity.

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Love the half disc...
That's actually the *full* disc! The lower portion of the Sun has been refracted up, essentially making a very squashed image. If you look carefully around the edges, you can see that it does not continue down behind the horizon.
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