Diagram of an eclipse of the sun, with the moon casting a shadow cone, c. 1260
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Ansel Adams – Eclipse, Cantonville, California, 1925
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Calculation of solar and lunar eclipses from: Marvels of Creatures and Strange Things Existing, by al-Qazwini (14th century)
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The Solar Eclipse on Wednesday April 17th, 1912, Amsterdam
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Photo of 1999 August 11 solar eclipse taken from the Mir space station.
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070610.
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Paul and Prosper Henry, "A Section of the Constellation Cygnus (August 13, 1885)"; albumen silver print [1885]
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The first known photograph of a comet. Donati’s Comet, taken at Harvard College Observatory in 1858.
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Formation of the crescent of the Moon, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Qazwīnī, Turkish version of ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt (Wonders of creation).17th c
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Zakarīyā Ibn-Muḥammad al Qazwīnī, Heavens and eclipses, Kitab al-Bulhan. Kitāb Aǧāʾib al-maḫlūqāt wa-ġarāʾib al-mauǧūdāt, c. 1750-1770 CE
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Guardian of the Kingdom of God
From a copy of the Persian version of Qazwini’s The marvels of creation and the oddities of existence, 1500s
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Drawings of the Moon by Galileo Galilei, 1610
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Total phase of the lunar eclipse of Sept. 3, 1895. The astrophysical journal. December 1895
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The surface of the moon seen from Lunar Orbiter 3, 1967
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Total Lunar Eclipse of January 31, 2018
Photographer: Petr Horálek
Lamai Beach on Ko Samui Island, Thailand
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Fantastic. Didn’t know that, in addition to being one of the most brilliant men in history, he was also a superb artist.

