APOD 4.5: Total Solar Eclipse over Svalbard

This photo was taken in Svalbard, Norway, last month. In this image, the eclipse was captured every three minutes and then digitally merged with a foreground frame taken from the same location. As the Moon and the Sun move together, an increasing fraction of the Sun appears covered by the Moon. The next total eclipse of the Sun will occur in 2016 March and be visible from Southeast Asia.