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Description: Photo of diffraction ring around rising sun Information: Photographer: Tom Ruen Location: New Brighton, Minnesota Date: June 9, 2003 sunrise

extracted image: "The No. 1A Folding Pocket Kodak" in 1900 - from, The British journal of photography (IA britishjournalof47unse) (page 136 crop).jpg.

Sun’s corona as seen during a 1999 eclipse can be seen here. However, there is also the optical phenomenon of a corona, caused by the diffraction of light