From the deck of a cruise ship off the coast of Australia, I witnessed a rare "hybrid-total" solar eclipse — the first of its kind in a decade.
The celestial show was dazzling, with a colossal corona — or the sun's glowing outer atmosphere — temporarily visible from behind the moon passing in front of it; multiple prominences, or towering loops of plasma extending from the sun; and a dramatic, drifting "diamond ring" that could be seen from Australia on Thursday morning (April 20), with a totality that was gone in 60 seconds.
