... Detailed View of a Solar Eclipse Corona . ... Credit Copyright: Miloslav Druckmщller ( Brno University of Technology ), Martin Dietzel, Peter Aniol, Vojtech Ruin Explanation: Only in the fleeting darkness of a total solar eclipse is the light of the solar corona easily visible. ... Pictured above , however, using multiple images and digital processing, is a detailed image of the Sun's corona taken during the 2008 August total solar eclipse from Mongolia . ... A Total Eclipse at the End of the World ...