For 3 minutes & 20 seconds, the Sun's surface remained totally hidden, and we lived within the Moon's shadow. In the sky hung a black orb, surrounded by brilliant, diamond-like fire, with splashes of hot pink, and a bright, ghostly aura.
The pink areas are solar prominences, giant arches of solar material that dive in and out of the Sun's surface, powered by its strong magnetic fields. The white is the Sun's corona, it's upper atmosphere.
