Standing inside totality of a solar eclipse is an indescribable experience. We've seen a couple, at Hungary's Lake Balaton in 1999 and in Cappadocia, Turkey in 2006. Now the scramble is on, and tour groups are filling up, to see the longest solar eclipse available to anybody alive today, on 22 July, 2009. The path of totality crosses a great swath of Asia, and at its longest, the sun will be in eclipse for an astounding six minutes thirty eight seconds.
In this photo, from Lake Balaton, the sun is just reemerging from the right side of the moon and a flare is visible jumping from the surface of the sun at about 9:00. This and a few other eclipse pictures are posted in EarthPhotos.com's Nature Gallery.
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